" May I come in?" What?" Now her expression was a bit condescending. Mark was getting to see the full range of her emotions, which he quite liked. Get... it all out of the way up front. "No, you can't come in, and I'm very busy..." Who is it?" A female voice came from inside the house. Now annoyed, Evelyn looked behind her again."Some boy who says God sent him."A pause."Tell him to come in!"Mark looked at the four girls sitting in the living room, amazed.Not that the girls were amazing. Well, they. I be tired of cuttin’ that rice all day.”“I know, Fred. If I could change it, you I’se do it for you.Fred finished the morsels and said, “We best get goin’.”“You right,” Roman agreed. “Tomorrow. You’se gon’ get a surprise.”“What is it?”“A surprise. Means I know. And you don’t,” the butler laughed. “I just got to stay a li’l bit lata tomorrow night.”“I ain’t no dummy just cause I’se a field nigga.”“I know, Fred. You’re my only friend.”The next day went as expected for both of them. The. “Minx...”I snagged my clothing and darted out of the tent into the cold night. Angela looked at me from her position on watch. She opened her mouth to say something, but I grit my teeth and marched away from her.I was done with this stupid group. I could find my way to civilization on my own. I just had to head north and I would reach the Free City of Thaville. It was a halfling city. I could start a new life there. I didn't need dumb Xera and her dumb cock.Tears fell hard down my cheeks as I. I don't know when we'll see you again. Sorry, David..."We talked for as long as she had before their pickup arrived, and another set of lovers went away from me.I laid in bed for hours that night, in some god-forsaken, crossroad, somewhere far from anywhere, reflecting on the blessings I'd lived through, and how they all seemed to turn on me, one way or another.Beth Ann died right beside me in the Tahoe, when the mob sent their killers after us. Jack helped me kill those who had a hand in her.