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Chapter Four

I walked for over an hour and not finding a building or some kind of shelter to sleep in, I heard the sound of running water and when I walked towards the sound I found a cute little glen and there were trees that would hide me from anyone driving along the road so I took out a blanket and placed it on the grass and went to sleep.

I awoke to the sound of a gun being cocked and when I opened my eyes I was looking at the barrel of a shot gun and holding that shot gun was an older woman and she didn't look to happy to see me. She said "what the hell are you doing on my land?"

I knew better then to make a quick move so I told her "I only wanted someplace to rest and the stream sounded so relaxing. I didn't hurt anything and I'm sorry to be trespassing on your land."

They woman then lowered the gun and held it in her arms and she said "you look like you could use something to eat and drink. Come with me and I'll make you some breakfast." As we walked she told me that her name was Mildred Handover but that I could call her Millie short. She also said that her family has owned this land for generations and she was trying to fix it up because she needed to sell it because it was getting to much for her to handle alone."

God, this woman is one hell of a good cook. She fixed pancakes, eggs, bacon, biscuits, sausage and homemade sausage gravy, and she gave me an ice cold glass of milk. When I was done I felt like a pig, but Millie only smiled and said "haven't had anyone to cook for in such a long time and it was fun." After breakfast I helped her do the dishes and then I asked "is there anything that I can do around here to repay you for that great meal?"

Millie then told me "well there's some wood out by the wood shed that needs to be chopped and as we walked out there I looked around and it did need some work done and I decided that I would help out as much as I could before I had to leave. When I was done, I felt great. I have always loved working with my hands and then I asked "what's next on the list" Millie had tears in her eyes as she told me "the things that needed to be done" and I just kissed her cheek and went to work.

Back in Domino:

My friends started getting really worried because I hadn't been in school for a week and then the Principal told the students "Joseph Wheeler has been listed a missing. The Police don't know where he or his father is and all we can do it to say a prayer that Joseph is alright and comes home soon."

Kaiba even had some of his men searching for me, but to no avail. He never stopped looking for me and as I would find out later, my father had been murdered by the same men who raped me because they had paid him an huge amount of money and well I had ran away and when they couldn't find me they raped and beat my father to death and threw his body into the waste dump to rot.

Back at Millie's:

This morning I got a surprise. Millie had washed out several items that were her dead husbands and gave them to me because my clothes were beginning to get hole in them from working around the place. I loved it here and if I could have one thing at all, I'd live here till the day I died. Millie was almost like a grandma to me and one evening while we were sitting on her front porch drinking lemonade she asked me "Joe what are you running from?"

Well I had come to love this woman and I had to be truthful with her and I said "my dad. He's one mean, well I won't say the words that describe him in the presence of a lady." Millie laughed and she said "listen to me son, I've heard and probably said every swear word know to man, but thanks for being so considerate." I then explained what had been going on and boy, she did know some good swear words and she almost turned the air blue saying them." Then what she said next threw me for a loop, she told me "Joe you can stay here forever if you want, no one will ever find you out here and if they do, well they had better be able to run faster then I can shoot that old scatter gun of mine." I had tears in my eyes and I said "thanks for the offer and I'm going to take you up on it for a few more days then I have to be moving on, I won't take any chances that anyone would come here and hurt you." Millie got up and kissed my head and went inside and went to bed. I sat outside for a while longer then I went inside too and went to bed.

I was woke up early the next morning by that damn rooster of Millie's. I could hear her cussing at that bird and I laid there and laughed, then I got up and change into my work clothes and went to start the day with her great breakfast and then went outside and began to get the things done that needed repair first. Millie was the best damn thing that ever happened to me. We have had some good discussions on things from A to Z and in between, but that one question that she asked and when I told her the truth she only smiled and took my hand and said "young man, I'm no saint and I've done things that I'm not proud to admit doing, so if that's how you want to live your life then who am I to tell you that it's wrong. Hell if that man that you have feeling for is as good looking as you say he is, hell I just might give you a run for your money and try to get him myself."

Well I stayed there and worked for Millie exactly one month and in that amount of time I did wonder why my father hadn't tried to find and take me home, but then I wouldn't of met Millie Handover, my new and forever best friend. I got my things together and as I started walking down the road, a familiar car came roaring down the road and I jumped into the bushes so that I wouldn't be noticed. I noticed that the car was headed for Millie's and I threw my bag down and ran as fast as I could back to Millie's just in case she needed me. Well when I got there, Kaiba stepped out of the car and when Millie saw who it was she had a big smile on her face and she yelled "well aren't you a sight for sore eyes, come here and give your old friend a big kiss and hug." I couldn't believe my eyes, Millie knew Kaiba. I came out of where I was hiding and when he saw me he whispered "Joey?" and tears appeared in his eyes. He came walking over to me and took me in his arms and gave me the most passionate kiss ever. Millie just stood there and then she smiled and went back inside and gave us some privacy.

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