[Q]: hearing voices when she reached the bottom of the steps , she crossed the foyer and entering the den , found several people taking their turns hugging jake . it appeared that his family had arrived . '' heather , i 'd like you to meet the clan , '' jake said when he noticed her standing just inside the door . walking over he lifted mandy onto his arm and put his other arm around her shoulders . '' this is my daughter , mandy , and her mother...

[A]: heather

[Q]: the grits were ready , the bread browning in the toaster , the scent filling the space around her . delaney could only assume nick was chasing clem into the forest . what else could clem be coming back to check on ? clem and those men were connected . those men had been pillaging the gold . of course clem wanted to check on the...

[A]: gold

[Q]: she put her shoulder to the door but could n't bring herself to shove it open . bob was dead . the paramedic who had spoken with jane put her arm around jane again and led her from the door . '' it 's been quite a morning for you . sit down . '' she led jane to a large wingback chair by the window . '' you might be in a bit of...

[A]: shock

[Q]: '' i did n't say you were . '' with more bravado than he felt , he flopped the ground cloth down , took the tent away from her and pulled it from its protective sack . he popped out the tension poles and threaded them through their sleeves . '' do those ends , will you ? '' together they lifted the tiny structure into position on top of the ground...

[A]:
cloth