Chapter 18
Maggie Valley, NC
24 December 2010
Ian
AFTER BREAKFAST, RANDY, the boys, and I spent some time familiarizing ourselves with the two handguns, and I had to admit that it made me feel better about things in general. When we were back inside the cabin, Randy and I went to work on the pies, and some pretty enticing odors began to spread in the kitchen and great room.
Mike set the turkey out to thaw after lunch, and he, George, and Robbie went to visit Robbie’s grandmother. We settled down on the sofas in the great room to relax. Sean sat at one end of a sofa, and Paul lay flat on it with his head in Sean’s lap. It was a sweet domestic scene.
“Dad,” Sean said, “there’s something Paul and I want to ask you guys.”
“What?”
“Two questions, actually,” he said. “First, would you gu
