TO FIND PEACE 4

back at cleves ranch cleve got out and stumped up the steps to the house, leaveing katey to catch up.when she came into the house he was pouring a glass full of bourbon. he slumped into his chair and took a healthy drink. " you want more coffee make yourself at home i need a few minutes to think on this,"cleve announced. katey walked to the stove and turned it on under the coffee pot. she opened the refridgeraternad found a rollof baloney and maynaise she looked about and found a loaf of bread and put a couple of sandwiches together. she poured 2 cups of coffee and put a sandwich in front of cleve, he didnt look up but took a gulp of the bourbon and muttered thank you. katey sat down across from him with her coffee and sandwich, she watched cleve closely as she ate the sandwich and sipped her coffee. finally she set her cup down and said"your not going to do this are you? from the mess i saw i wouldnt either. i may turn this listing back. its horrible." cleve took another drink from his glass then looked at katey" this morning before you got here i was ready to chuck it all in. end my life. my ranch here was in good order almost takeing care of itself, it didnt need me. nobody needed me. i didnt need me. then you got here. you needed me, those cattle at the kj need me. we just need a deal we can financially make work. let me think on this ." katey was in shock" you mean.....your going to.....how?" let me think on it. that bank isnt going to like what we saw. DEA wont care about the shape its in. let me th ink on it girl." was all cleve kept saying. a little while later cleve ask her if she had a writting tablet. she went to her car and came back with a legal pad. " ok, ime going to give you ideas, you write them down just like i tell you. once i see them on paper i think i can pull them together into a proposition for old browning." cleve had finished the bourbon and was nibbling at the sandwich , his coffee was cold but he ignored it. two hours later the sun was going down in the west. cleve reached over and tore the page from the legal pad." you want fiinish this tomorrow? its gonna take a while. "\ katey looked over at him," can i sleep on your couch if we finish this tonite?" cleve nodded and started reading over the sheet in his hand " ok start writting just as i tell you, it may not be proper but i think it will get the point across." it was midnite when cleve felt they had a plan drafted. he went to a closet and brought out a pillow and blanket. a few minutes later katey was curled up on the couch. cleve adjusted the blanket to a more comfortable place then turned and went to his bed room.