"Jim Bob, you and Hank need to think about how much stuff you'll need to feed these guys for five or six days. We're going to catch some horses. Don't... worry about meat; we can get that as we go. Just try to figure out if there's anything you'll need for cooking to make the meals more than just cooked meat. Nothing fancy you understand, just enough to keep it from seeming like the same thing every meal. Tell Jane or Karen if you get something figured out," I told them.We spent the rest of the. He knew he couldn’t tell her the truth, because to do that would be to invite further problems for both of them with the Wolverines MC. He wasn’t just afraid they would send another member like Dog Fontaine to visit him, he was afraid that they might harm Dawn if they felt that she had let them down. With him in the north for six months, the Wolverines couldn’t very well go after him, and since he had split from Dawn through no fault of her own, they would have no excuse to bother her about it.. "That house is solidly built and there is a bathroom between the bedrooms. Have you been upstairs lately?" Uh, well, no," Adam said sheepishly. "I haven't had much of a reason." Everything he wants is downstairs in the basement," Shelly laughed. Humor aside, Adam thought she might be correct."The beds are on opposite walls and we put up what are known as 'Blackout Curtains, '" Erin said. She and Shelly had been the ones responsible for setting the lighting conditions, courtesy of some tips from. "A moment of silence. "I see. Dress for me, I will be down shortly." The line dies.I let out a gush of air and hang up the receiver. Understand, I am in control of so much. Sometimes...sometimes I've needed to give up that control. The staff, under no circumstances, can know about it. The barest of doubts in their minds as to my authority can undo decades of work. It's just that I need...to reboot? It's as good an explanation I have, but I latch onto it with everything I am. I don't enjoy it,.