“Even though you made it in a hospital instead of a courtroom?”So much for friendliness.“Yes,” Lanchew answered, “yes it does.”“Good,”... the boy nodded. “What did you want to see me about?”“I wanted to say that I’m sorry.”Macon thought that one over for a moment, and then nodded again. The judge gave it another go.“I really am sorry. When I had that heart attack and almost died, I took a look at myself and didn’t like what I saw. I decided to become a better man, and the first part of that is. "The break-up of the Rocking "R" spread was shockingly quick. The absentee landlords wrote the whole thing off as a failed enterprise and abandoned the stock to their own devices. Dixie and an entire cadre of concerned settlers sorted out the steers and distributed them for tending by farmers willing to pitch in a hand to help out. The meat was sent by freight train back to the centers in Kansas and Missouri for the hungry masses in the big cities. They distributed a number of the steers to the. "Chad took a quick swallow and started to choke "that's terrible stuff, Trink how can you drink this?" Trink chortled "ever had anything medicinal that tasted good? sides it sorta grows on yea, try another one." Chad took a few more swallows "don't tell me you use this for medicinal purposes Trink, you just like to drink, hell soon Kim will be drinking as much as you." With a sad look on his face Trink glanced off into the forest and took another drink "ain't always easy being a Trink yea know,. He had planned on sitting around campus all alone, do a little studying and maybe see a movie or two.She refused to let him stay by himself. His time with her and her parents had been the best time he has had since his parents deaths. Helen’s mom and dad, Alicia and Frank, took him in as family as quickly as they would a new born baby. They all knew Ricky was a special person in heart and soul. Before the break ended Ricky was calling them mom and dad.He had a new family and a new home with his.