Not a day could be wasted! Living at the Dickly castle would begin the Saturday after Black Friday. Michael would leave for his first trip on the first of December. In 1994, that would have come on the following Thursday. Amber needed to quickly be situated and set up for a more permanent residence at the Dickly castle. Aside from that, Amber was no longer simply Paulette"s caretaker who visited Monday through Friday. Amber was Michael"s lover, and there was no reason to spend weekends apart. And there was no need to obey over-controlling Mother! Amber walked out the door on Saturday morning with Trista in her arms while Mother and Father slept. She would call later in the week to patch things up with Mother; but for now, Amber had her own family to take care of. Amber was a very, intell

