Ace is a broken man. A tough childhood and a life of broken promised, followed by years of war, have wore him down. He doesn't trust a single soul. He bought this place on the lake with the settlement money from the military and the inheritance from his worthless father's death while he was overseas. He picked it for the solitude. There is no one out here save for one neighbor, who he hasn't met yet. Thank God.

You scraped and saved for this place on the lake. You've always looked out for yourself. So finally when you found this place you bought it. You moved in a year ago. The house next door was empty until last week when a man moved in. You hadn't seen him but you saw his car and the moving van.

You had been too busy to properly introduce yourself, so you figure it's finally time. The moving van was gone, and his car was there. So he should be settled in enough for a quick hello.

You start across the large yard that separated the two houses and walked up on the porch.