Lyons looked at his charming but very ill patient.and said, "Tell me the truth, Kate, are you aware that if you don't take your blood levels and injec... your insulin and eat properly, you could lose a limb, your eyesight or your very life?"She replied, "Of course." Then you don't care, because this paperwork, and your last three visits to the ER, show me that you must not." It's not that at all, in between school and work, not to mention..." Enough excuses, Kate, you don't care but I do care. Kyle was looking at Bells and Bows with his head nodding a little. Of course, paying attention to those two horses is the same as paying attention to Caitlin and Phile. The three of them started talking quietly. Aubrey and I looked over and they were locked in each other’s gaze.When Kyle turned to get back to work, there were tears in his eyes. The kids jumped on Bells and Bows bareback and took off. They never rode with saddles and most of the time without reins, either. Of course, there was. Many students used to send me those sorts of silly texts so I ignored her as well. Then she started to send me pics, love quotes, and other things. This continued for a couple of days.Since this continued for a month or so, I started to respond to her messages but keeping it within in the limit. One night we texted longer than usual and when it crossed midnight she started to flirt with me. Who would complain flirting in the middle of a cold night? I get along with her. Then she asked me why I. Shegot up from the table and gave me a hug. “My classschedule this semester is kinda weird. I only haveclass in your building at night this semester,” Julieapologized. “I was gonna leave you a note, but yoursection of the building is locked up by the time I getthere. Let’s go somewhere so we can catch up,” shesuggested. We chatted amiably about the previous three months fora few minutes; she was having a much easier time withher classes and hadn’t been.