‘This is his request, actually. You’ve heard him: he missed you.’ Elle was glad to hear that, at least she knew Ben hadn’t sprung that request... to her without River’s knowledge about it. ‘Do you guys have anything particular planned for this afternoon?’ she asked. ‘Normally I take him out for a late lunch and then we would just hang out. Then we would have dinner together at home,’ he said. ‘You will cook dinner?’ she asked. Ben shrugged. ‘If you want.’ She perked up. ‘Hell, yeah!’ Ben laughed. You find us destitute, in very poor health, and with no identification, yet you still welcome us with open arms.”“It seems appropriate to us,” replied Terry with a smile.“From the information in your videos, I think we all understand that. In spite of that, our experience has made our welcome here much more difficult to accept. Many of us find your hospitality fantastic but at the same time disconcerting and worrisome, again this is based on our past experiences.“If you arrived in the Tigsu. I’ll do what I want in it too. There’s nothing you can do to stop me.’And that’s when I started to cry. Not just tears but actually broke down and cried properly. Right in front of them both. Through my flood of tears I could barely make out Denny coming over toward me. She knelt down beside me reached over to give me big cuddle. She just let me sob into her shoulder for maybe a good five or ten minutes. She was whispering in my ear. Something about sisters. That she would always help to. Excuse me, I mean hog ... he turned and smiled at me and whispered:"You called it. We weren't out of sight and she asked Kenny for a ride. A ten minute ride and she took him home with her."We motored on out to Hazard's Cove which is a country/western bar on Steven's Lake and sipped long-necks and two-stepped until eleven when Rob said he needed to go home and get some sleep before going into work in the morning. We left Tanya and Kenny at the bar and he took me home.We sat in front of my place.
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