CHAPTER 3Tyler was usually the first one up every morning but today there were flickering lamplights in the kitchen. He tested the bedroom lights; found nothing worked so stumbled through the hallway in the predawn gloom to the bathroom where he found a kerosene lamp burning and the steamy atmosphere of recent use.
When he arrived at the kitchen, Renee was in deep conversation with the two young women as they sat around the massive farm kitchen table. He grinned for he knew that one thing Renee was good at was the art of conversation. She would talk to anybody and within a few moments it was as if she had known them for years whereas he would be more inclined to stand aside and say little.
"Oh, hi Dear." Renee said as he approached. "It looks as if we're going to have Aza and Sofia for a
