I pulled the wagon up to the back porch since it would be closer to the pantry, storehouse, and kitchen. I fixed the brake and unhitched the mules. I ...ed them to the barn and turned them over to Sam. I motioned to a couple of the hands to come help unload and we were done about ten minutes later. I didn't think it would only be that long. The boys told me not to worry, and they pushed the wagon to the barn with the help of two other cowboys.I tried to assist with putting things away and was. She grumbled into the receiver before letting out a laugh that seemed to calm her down.“Yeah, you go ahead and tell Beast all about your new girlfriend taking care of your little problem with her hands. He’ll enjoy the hell out of that.”I couldn’t disagree with her there, but I suddenly felt a little guilty.“Hey, Shelbs, you busy Saturday during the day?”“You asking me out, Casanova? You already have a girlfriend,” she giggled.“I was not asking you out, for one. I do not officially have a. ..further....a pteranodon snatching a fish; an allosaurussnatching a pteranodon; further...deeper....She was a 12-foot longamphibian carnivore eating a dragonfly with a 3 footwingspan...deeper....a trilobite mating with another of its kind in aprimordial ocean....backwards...backwards....she was all of them, atonce, and they were speaking; not in words but in strong, emotionalimpressions that were as clear to her as though etched in stone. Sheknew...she could see the meaning....see the purpose. Wow, they liked these three! They knew their boss would probably let them have one of them later since they had done so well today, but they were very tempted to start now! Just as they were thinking this, they heard a car pull up to the jetty, so they shrugged and went up on deck. Sure enough, it was Sebastian, their boss, and his loyal bodyguard Ramon. Sebastian was totally ruthless, but he also looked after people who were loyal to him. Ramon would kill you for fun if he thought Sebastian.