I was about to give up hope when you came." She paused for a while to wipe off her tears. "Master, I have waited for a master like you. Let me repay y...our kindness. Let me be your willing slave! Let me follow you! I have nowhere else to go!" She was kneeling in front of him, looking at him with her pleading eyes. Atrus was speechless."No offence, but we don't need a slave." Anna told her."I promise I'll be good! I'm a good cook, too!" Anna was immediately silenced with her answer, cursing. I feel the same way and I know Belle does too.”Belle told me, “Be sure and let us know when the cattle-train leaves Fort Dodge, and we’ll bring our horses over.”“Do we need to bring some of our other horses from the Montague Farm?”“No, we’ll have plenty. Rick went to a friend of ours and bought six more, since we’ll need them when the cattle arrive and we put the Cowboys to work.”“Have you hired anyone yet?”“We have, and we even put the old man we told you about, and his two daughters on the. "What's up, hun?" Denise asked.Lissa shrugged, but then quickly took a seat across the table from us and leaned forward with another conspiratorial grin on her face."I forgot that I have to give you your little task for this hour, too," she said to her mom, almost giggling.Denise looked a little embarrassed, glanced sideways at me and back to her daughter. "Um, ok?" she prompted."So, I think you should do it, right here at the table," Lissa commanded, with a triumphant tone."With Jason sitting. I could hear electrical circuit breakers exploding all over town. It reminded me of the sound of the gunfire I had heard in combat. Other drivers on the street were driving erratically, running blindly through busy intersections instead of coming to a complete stop, as they would have if traffic lights had just been out of order. General chaos reigned. As I drove up to the hospital I could see the eight-story structure was in complete darkness with the exception of the Emergency Room Area..