” Ashley interrupted John before he could finish his sentence. “No, Mom said you brought her a lot of happiness and there was nothing to forgive y...ou for or be mad about. She said it was all really about you and an old friend of hers. Mom said that you’d gotten married to her friend and then divorced. Mom said she was very sad you’d gotten divorced.” Ashley’s face looked a bit like she didn’t quite comprehend the full meaning of what her mother had said to her. “Anyways, I really didn’t. Apparently, the previous day his small village had been raided, the raiders had killed two men and taken their wives, as well as the runner's wife as hostages. The raiders had consisted of fourteen men and had been observed heading west. So working out that the twelve killed, had been members of the same raiding party that means that two men had been left to guard the prisoners, and no doubt were waiting somewhere towards the west to link up with the others.Once Jane relayed this information to. Yes that was a girl came running in heavy rain and now she was trying to remove excess water from her hairs and clothes. I saw her at the entrance with she holding her hairs and squeezing them. She got up took her specs out and was trying to wipe it out dry. My previous thoughts subsided with curiosity for that girl. She came in, went to order something, got her order as its self service and took it and took a corner table. Our tables had 2 more tables in between but no one was sitting on them.. She took a long breath deep into her lungs and let it out in a slow exhalation. Her voice lost its edge in the process. ‘No, thanks, Stacy. I’d feel better if we were home, you know? But thanks anyway.’ ”Kay, all y’all . . . need . . . any, thing?’ Her throat tightened. ‘No, just give us a minute, okay, Stace?’ Shelly resumed the caresses. ‘Okay. Ah’ll be in the bathroom.’ Stacy moved in silent grace and the door latched with a muffled click. If the room had not been so quiet, Shelly would have.