It’s one of my pre-sets.”“I’ll tell ‘em you will be looking for them there.”“Thank you.”We exited the operations center, walking past ...a line of adolescent boys, a couple of whom were turning a crank on a large pulley by hand. This was connected by belts to one of those “Big Box Store” generators, which was wired onto a bank of batteries just outside of the fire hall. Now, I knew how they kept their radios operating. I took a mental note, so Marie and I could arrange to charge our own. After we ate it appeared that April had hit a wall. I think she had been so tense for so long that now that she was loose she could finally get some deep sleep. We took a cab back to the hotel and managed to get upstairs before undressing and brushing our teeth. April finished before me and I found her curled up on the bed in a see through nightie. She was already snoring softly.I chuckled and arranged the covers so she would be comfortable then wrapped her in my arms and just held her.“Honey,”. There was the sound of coins dropping into a slot and 100 tokens were racked up to my account. It was all I could do to keep myself from squealing out loud."All I have to do is look at you? That's the deal?" That's it, son." Okay, Mom." He wasn't taking this seriously at all.I took a breath. "Here goes." I opened my robe slipped it off my shoulders and sat back."Whoa, wait a minute." Jesse covered his eyes and turned away. "You said you'd be in your underwear. You didn't tell me your stuff. Jake we need to talk."Jake agreed. "We do. Come in please."She stepped in and held her breath for a moment. She didn't want to scream at him or get upset. She needed to stay calm."Did you want something to drink?" Jake asked.Lucinda crossed her arms and stared at him as if she was afraid of him. "Lucinda what's wrong?"She uncrossed her arms and held out his wallet. "Here you left this at my house last night."Jake nervously grabbed the wallet and set it on the nightstand. "Thank you."He looked.