"Yeah, it's immense," Jake agreed."And have you seen the grounds to this place?" she asked."No, I arrived a bit late so it was already dark." Want to ...come and take a look?" Heather asked, and Jake thought he saw her subtly raise her eyebrows."Yeah, sure," he said.Heather stood up and he followed her outside, onto the crunching gravel path, faintly lit by upward lighting amongst thebushes adjacent to the walls of the hotel.Heather took his hand and led him around the building to a darker area by. Nakita, Sondra, Ronda, and Vickie were already cleaning up. Patsy joined her daughter and sisters. Maya went up to her room. Benny was outside washing down the grill.Maya peeked out of the window and saw Yaotel getting into the passenger side of a black clearcoat 2005 Lincoln Navigator with 22-inch chrome rims. She also spotted the six-foot-two, medium-brown, athletic guy with dreadlocks hopping in the driver’s seat.Lucky started the engine. The amped up sound system blasted 1990s gangsta rap.. Steve looked at the crowd and asked, “What is it, Jakoby?”Grandfather gestured to a chair and said, “Please be seated, Steve, and I’ll explain. As you are aware, we are only one of several clans on the North American continent. Today, early this morning, our cousins in the Northwest Territories suffered a terrible tragedy. Much of their cave collapsed and five of them were killed. They’ve had to abandon their home and they’re on their way here now. They will be arriving on a chartered aircraft. Kelly, still wearing the collar, sat across from her with her own plate and an even bigger glass of the same stuff.I made myself several tacos, poured myself a glass of tea, and went to the table.Kelly eyed my drink. “Aw! You don’t want to try it? It’s really good.” She shot Alyssa a look.Alyssa chimed in too. “Yeah, brother-doodle. You’re in college now. Shouldn’t you be experimenting?”I looked from one woman to the other. Nobody at home ever tried to get me to drink alcohol. We didn’t really.