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this wasn’t as depressing for Charlie and Hilda as it was for me.”
    “Me too,” Frank said.
    They walked silently back to their coach. Lucy started barking when they got onto their site. Frank unlocked the door and held it open for Jane. Lucy rushed past her, jumping, tail wagging.
    “Somebody wants to take a walk,” Jane said. “I’ll go too. It’s nice out here.” She reached for the leash, and came back out. hooking up Lucy as Frank locked the door back up.
    “I know we’re getting another coach just like this one, but I am feeling so sad about leaving this one behind,” Jane said.
    “Well, home is home, I guess,” Frank said. “This one has our smells, and our stuff, and our memories…and then there’s the big bullet hole in the driver’s side.”
    “It’s one more thing you don’t have to fix.”
    “True, but I’m dreading that new coach shakedown. I wonder how things are in the civilized world now? What happens when we find things that aren’t right? I wonder if there are working service centers.”
    “I hope so,” Jane said. “If it’s as bad as this out there, we’re in deep trouble.”
    “At least I can do some of our own fixes if needed,” Frank said. “I can help the other folks too, at least with the electrical stuff.”
    “She done?” Jane asked. “You done, Lucy?”
    “I think so. Let’s go back.”
    They got to the door, and Frank unlocked it and opened it up. Lucy jumped in. Frank turned to Jane and pulled her close. They hugged by the door.
    “We do have each other,” Frank said. “We’ll get through everything. It shouldn’t be as bad as the trip from California to here, either. We might even be able to relax a little bit. So don’t worry, honey.”
    Jane nodded, and they got into the coach.
    “I’m going to go get my nightgown on,” Jane said as she walked back to the bedroom.
    “Can I watch?” Frank asked.
    “Why don’t we just cuddle tonight,” Jane said. “Is that okay?”
    “Of course,” Frank said. “I’ll be there in a few minutes. I want to catch some news.”
    “Turn it on back here,” Jane said. “I don’t mind if the bedroom TV is on for a while.”
    “Okay.” He came into the bedroom and shut the door behind him.
    Frank woke up early. Jane was still next to him, snoring softly. He got dressed and snuck out of the bedroom, going right to his laptop. He turned it on and waited for it to go through its startup while he got himself a cup of coffee. Then fired up his programming environment and got back to work. The coding for the surveillance system was going quicker than he expected. He worked for about an hour before Lucy started begging him to take her out.
    “Alright, girl, I got the message,” Frank said. The morning was beautiful. Sunshine and tweeting birds. Lucy pranced about, happy to be outside. People were just starting to wake up around the park. Frank caught a glimpse of a couple of privates patrolling on the back fence as he was heading back towards his coach. That sent a twinge through him. He liked having the army here, but he would be glad to be away from the tension of another battle coming any second. He took Lucy back into the coach and took off her leash.
    “Good girl,” Frank said to her. Mr. Wonderful came over, tail in the air. He looked up at Frank and meowed. “Oh, you too, huh?” he said. He leaned down and petted him, and the cat started to purr loudly.
    Frank fed them and got back to work on his software. He worked for another hour before Jane started moving around in the bedroom. He was just finishing it up when she came walking out.
    “How’s it going?” she asked.
    “I just got done,” Frank said. “It’s compiling now. Going to take a few minutes. I might have to fix an error or two, but it was simpler than I expected.”
    “Good,” she said, as she got herself a cup of coffee.
    “Pretty morning,” Frank said. “Ah, the compile is done already. No errors.”
    “So what’s