I was going to have to get to a gym and a dojo that could work some strength and flexibility back into my knee.It was a lot cooler in upstate New York... than it was in the Bahamas. I was sorry I had left my jacket in the car in Westminster! I gamely hobbled over and shook Big Bob’s hand. “Welcome back!” he said.“Thanks. It’s good to be home. How was Charlie?” I asked with a nod towards where Marilyn was cooing over our son. He had a big grin on his face, so he obviously still remembered. I didn't have the slightest clue aboutCharlene's sexual escapades. I'd assumed that since she and Jackson hadnever done the deed, she might actually still be a virgin.Danny snorted again and pointed at the desk. An open textbook sat inthe middle of it in front of a small laptop. My wayward thong satsquarely in the middle of the book."You came in here like a horny whirlwind, stripped down to yourbirthday suit, and told me that you 'needed my dick immediately'.That's a direct quote by the way. I. Could belong to someone here and gone long before Patrick set foot on the canyon rim. Lou was no tracker. But the way the coals lay broken up and spread apart said someone stomped the fire out with a great deal more force than necessary. And the chances were good that the campfire was Patrick's. Weren't a whole lot of travelers moving around in this desolate territory. And what Lou did know of tracking, it was almost as much knowing who you tracked as it was the sign on the ground. If Patrick. “Baby,” Ed chided, “people work together, they don’t have to be dating.”“You,” she giggled, “You better believe that. You ‘n Laci go on entirely too many trips together...”“We travel for work,” Ed back-pedaled.“And that can be perfectly innocent,” I said. “Sunny and I ... one truck. Half the conversation at dinner is about work...”“Just leaves the OTHER half,” Dana pushed.“And that part’s about movies and music and life in general,” Sunny inserted.“Stop picking on poor Carl,” Ed said. “Let ‘im.