"What is so funny now?" He asked."Today the sausage, tomorrow the butter for the French toast," she said and they began laughing again. Hugging his bo...dy tightly, she said, "You can clean up in there," pointing to a door, "I have to get dressed, we have a long day planned."Charlene was correct about it being a long day; it was nine before they returned that evening. The day had been informative, as well as educational for JJ and he couldn't complain too much. The shops they visited, for the most. As an independent woman with a headstrong and stubborn nature Shaunny’s mother did not wanted to be like the other divorcees who thrived only on alimony. Although they were not living the life of luxury like they were accustomed to, they were happy. But every once in a while Shaunny would catch a glimpse of sadness in her mother’s eyes. With a faraway look, her mother’s eyes would lament the tale of the unbearable grief she bore from being torn apart from her son. For fourteen years the only. I'd rode back from Yakima with her and the folks yesterday, and she hadn't said five words to me. Now Mom and Dad were off having a quiet Sunday brunch, and I was calling her butt fat."You are going to learn a back walkover and back handspring if it kills you," I said as I pushed the chairs and sofa out of the way to create room."What?" she said again."No sister of mine is going to be one the first gymnastics team at the middle school and embarrass herself by not doing her best." But..." No. To go anywhere near dragons was a fools’ errand at the best of times. To try and capture a dragon was an even greater one.The dragons on this island didn’t make good pets, and they went psycho if kept captive for any length of time as previous royals had learnt to their detriment. If the people with Kerr approached the wrong dragon, they would be dinner or just plain dead.In fact, most dragons didn’t go for polite conversation first. They had a deep-seated distrust of humans and for very good.