“Cal, you need to stay here for a while and let me and Helga put some meat on your bones, you’re too skinny to be as tall as you are.”“We all ...wish we could Miss Hilda, but we came by to tell you that we’re through with the job we were hired to do, and when we get the herd of cattle moved down to Ellis County, we’ll be riding on out of Kansas I reckon. You won’t be havin anymore hassle out of the MDR riders or any of the cattlemen’s range riders from now on.”Tom explained to her what all had. Fear became anger. He had survived a wreck, a crash landing, and a miserable trek across a wasteland only to be killed by a snake? ‘God, I hate snakes,’ he thought with a shivered resolution.“NO!” screamed Porter at the top his lungs. The tingling in his arms suddenly surged into pinpricks of pains and his hands clamped unmoving around the wood. With a surge that began with a tightening of the muscles in his chest, Porter felt power dash from his body and up the pole. Blue lightening fired into. ”“That’s good,” Dad said.“I can help around the house too,” I offered. “I know Kyle used to make dinners for the family when he was home for break. I’d be happy to do that, if you want me to.”“A break once in a while would be nice,” Mom said. “I don’t need you to take over and make dinner every night. I do need you to do your own laundry.”“Laundry?” I said. “Sure. No problem. I don’t mind laundry. Do you want me to do it for the boys too? Heck ... I could probably do all the laundry. I will. All fixed. Chloe had the biggest grin on her face.She turned the car off and got out, giving Matt a big hug and a kiss on the cheek. She was dressed a lot more conservatively today, having just come from work. A long green dress that hugged her small body in all the right places but didn't show much skin."thankyou so much! what do I owe you?" dont worry about it" said Matt "consider it a welcome to town gift" no way! you cant do that, the parts along must have been hundreds!" she replied,.