Now that they slept in a real bed, on linen sheets and cotton blankets, it seemed so crude and dirty.Sticks, rocks, and bones lay near the fire pit. E...verything that they could hunt and scrounge to survive just one more day. Almost everything.“No, it sure ain’t much to look at, but it was ours. Just you and me at first, and later, Karen. Our little sanctuary from a world gone mad.”“Home,” Beauty said.Logan turned to her and took her hands in his. “No,” he replied. “This is just a cave. Over. I took a week's vacation and at the end of the week, I had another reenactment. We were together until then and had a wonderful time together. Melanie said she guessed she would skip it, as she had to get her school clothes ready. This time I won first prize in the fast draw contest. School commenced and we settled into the routine the same as we always did."Honey, would you mind if I rode back and forth with Rich? We finish class at the same time. Then we spend an hour or so getting our class. He told her what to do, and she did it. But now I began to see how she manipulated his actions. Reflecting back on what I had observed over the years, combined with what she had told me earlier, and what I was observing now, I began to realize that she did do what he said without question, but that she got him to tell her to do only what she wanted to do in the first place.Father rose from the table and went into the living-room to sit in his favorite chair and read the evening paper. I. "Like me? You think I'm just like everyone else? You DON'T know me. You don't know the FIRST THING about me. I can make my own decisions, because I'm more mature than you think, mr. Ashford." That's what every little girl thinks, but-" Little girl?!?" I walked over to the side of his desk. "I am NOT a little girl." Jasmine... I know you think you know it all, but you are confusing fantasy with reality, letting your daydreams carry you too far. I'm sure some things are fun to dream about, but do.