“You is a hard woman, Natalie Delphine Reynolds, meaner than my Matilde, rest her soul.”I laugh and hand him the glass. He sighs happily and tips ...his battered fedora, then brings the glass to his lips. I expect him to down it, but he lets the barest trace of bourbon wet his mouth.Shaking his head, he hands it back and looks down at his whittling. “They say I might get a new liver someday.”I lean over and squeeze his shoulder. “That would be a very fine thing.”Laughing, he says, “Non, not for. So girls yella together idru then boys yella bere idru. Nanu matthu sushma opportunity sigtthe antha wait madthidvi. But yella ottige iddadrinda namge privacy sigtha irlilla. So next day as we planned site seeing ge hodvi. So after whole day room ge return bandvi. But between all this nange matthe sushma nige ottige time spend madlike agtha irlilla. Next day friends yella bangalore city explore mado plan madidru. But nanu avlu roomalle stay madokke plan madidvi. And sumne silly reasons kottu. Growth, Adam. It is not faltering; it is growing. You brought in the right person to do the job. It is exactly what's been done with Subarctic. You let Mary do her thing. You let me do mine. You let Allie and Sarah and Walt and Sean and Shelly do theirs. But when we have questions about which direction we should go, we come to you. Did Shelly talk to Ben yet?" Uh, yeah," Adam replied. The conversation had bounced around from one topic to another so quickly he was having trouble following."And. .I was in no hurry to leave and one thing I could do was make myself more comfortable. I reached over Rose Ann to snag her other pillow for myself and snuggled closer to her and further away from the edge of the bed. Even in sleep Rose Ann moved to meet my snuggle and if that meant my hard-on was pressed against her ass... Well, so be it. She was asleep, I was comfortable, it had been a long day and listening to the wind howl outside while the snow piled up... With a huge yawn, I began to drift.