Chapter 67 A Hunting We Will Go Marks parents left town the day after Christmas, we left New Years day. Annie and Jake stayed behind. My mother made the offer to work with Annie and help her to get her GED, then begin work on a college degree. Just before we left, Annie asked Montana if she could speak to me. Sitting in my truck with the engine running we talked. "I'm so terribly sorry for all of this," she said, I've really been acting like a total ass, but you sir, have been my salvation. I thought god had forsaken me, but I see now that he hasn't." Well Annie," I replied, "All of us are happy for you and we pledge to help you in any way we can, but you have chosen a hard road to travel. As you well know times have changed, the old skills are gone; you have to stick to your education.

