They was too fast. After I got to the roadblock and talked to the deputy, I went all the way back to site five where we started. I still didn't see em.... I even looked down in the canyon, but there's nothing." Fuck," was Max's simple reply. He thought for a minute then raged, "Where's my fucking Jeep? Where the fuck did they go? O'Donnell better not be acting out one of his sick little fantasies. You find them and call me the moment you do," Max was out of breath, his muscular face contorted and. Ballasting work continued steadily, but the sweating crews missed a mid-April and then an early May date that officials had announced for an long-heralded opening celebration. A special excursion train did travel up to Cumberland one weekend, proving that the tracks were actually finished, but it made no stops.When May 18 was established as the new starting day for regular service, a good number of wagers were made throughout Rockville, and knowing smiles were exchanged when no steam engines. Inside were the details of a building for sale, a block of six flats in a leafy suburb of Edinburgh, the guide price was five hundred thousand pounds.“Did we make an offer?” I asked.“Yes, at Four hundred and seventy thousand,” he replied, “it was accepted last week, and Andy Skillington has exchanged contracts. You are the proud owner of a block of flats in Edinburgh. Or, to be pedantic about it, of a company which owns that block.”“What have you told Andy?” I asked.“That I’ve found him a flat,. I'm hurt."He got up from the chair. "You're not hurt. It wasn't that big."Wasn't that big?He was standing over me now. "Go get ready," he said again. I didn'tlike where this was going. I sat in silence."Get your fucking ass into that bathroom now." I just sat there."Now!" he shouted. I didn't move.That's when he grabbed me. I tried to get away but he was too quick.He picked me up and threw me onto the bed. I tried to scramble off buthe was on me in a flash. He slapped me hard on the.