" Ben sighed and shaking his head said, "I only know one of the large ranches hired someone to drive out squatters and the smaller ranches. If you can... tell me anything beyond that it would be helpful."The man shrugged and said, "What's to tell? Old man Thurston owns the BAR-T and he decided that he's the only one with any right to the land in the Wolf Creek country. Thurston came to this country when he was a young man and figured anyone that came in after him was trying to steal his land from. I didn't hear any complaints. We decided we had a lot to take care of so we set the date for two weeks from Yesterday. That falls on a Saturday. Over the next few days we made arrangements. Setup the date for the church, arrange for the minister and organist, order flowers, sent out invitations, set up the caterers for the reception. On the sly, unbeknownst to Grace, I called a travel agent and booked a cruise leaving out of Galveston. I checked with Janet to make sure Grace could go and to see. Not many ‘Virgils’ around these parts. Virgil saw him at the same moment. ‘Jason,’ he said by way of a greeting. ‘Virgil,’ he replied. They stood looking at each other for a time. ‘Do you think she will show up?’ he asked. Virgil looked thoughtful for a moment. ‘Yeah, I think so. You know it took us quite a while to find her — I don’t think she wanted to be found. But I suspect that she is reconciled to the fact that she is going to have to speak to you at some point.’ Jason just nodded. ‘Wait. Taking on the name of Anthony Burrows he set himself up as a grocer at the local supermarket just to blend in. He got a steady paycheck which he really didn't need. He saved enough over the years to have a solid financial base to work from. Mary and the others had provided the drugs free of charge in effort to control him. As Anthony was now beginning to realize his true potential he saw why this had been a wise move whether they had known what he could do or not.Anthony had taken to going for.
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