As much as she hated to let go of those gorgeous eyes, she was much too tired to keep her own eyes open. Alice wanted to obey it, that persuasive voic...e. The more it told her to sleep, the more she wanted to; the more she believed it was the right thing to do. She closed her eyes completely, and fell into a deep, peaceful slumber. When Alice awoke, she found herself slightly dazed and disoriented. She looked around, and saw that she was in a large, luxurious bedroom. She was naked, and laying on. He dropped his packs and bags then studied where the best spot to put up the tent would be. He saw one flat spot with all the brush cut out that seemed to be the same size as a small tent. He looked it over and could see where the tent stakes had been driven into the hard dirt in the past. “This will have to do.” Having figured out most of the steps on setting up the tent the night before, he quickly had it up and tied down. He saw that a fair amount of seasoned, dry wood was under a nearby. It's one of those things where little problems pile up and then you have this huge mountain of problems that you can't get out from under." "But everything seemed so cool at Christmas." "I know, and I'm sorry. It wasn't completely an act, but we were trying to keep everything quiet. We were still talking and thinking about what to do. That weekend I told you Amy took her kids to her mom's? That was the real starting point. She said we needed time to think, and so she went there while I stayed. " Your mom?" repeated Steve. "Kate, Paula, I am so sorry that happened! It's Kate's room and she certainly should have access to her stuff. I'm a lot better now. Maybe I should go back and live with Uncle Joe." And how would you navigate the stairs to his apartment?" demanded Paula as she placed a big plate of bacon, sausage, eggs and pancakes in front of Steve. "I warned you both that the lock didn't work on that door. Kate needs to knock first, but you and Gwen have to think about your.