.. !!The months since Thief and Lady had arrived had alternately sped and crawled by. The crawl part was waiting for Lady to foal, the rest was speedi...g past. Deke had settled into our family and ran the stables without any noticeable effort, stuff just got done, the paddocks received the minor attention they needed, the fields and fences got checked, in short he did everything without my ever actually needing to tell him a thing.My routine adjusted to allow me to split my time between workshop. "Are you okay?" Jenna nodded but sat down. Lisa whispered mentally, "Hold the food."Lisa and I were listening hard. Jenna said very quietly, "Coolbeam, who is Radiantbeam?" She looked sharply at Brian. She slowly said, "His mind is open to me and inviting me to examine it."She smiled. Again she was almost talking to herself though I believed it was to Coolbeam. "Yes, I see that he cares for me. Okay, he cares a lot. He thinks I'm pretty, no lovely. No one has ever said that before to me. Yes, I. As soon as she was out of the way, I went over and sat down with the new girl."Hi, I'm Mike." I said. "Your friend doesn't like me."She told me her name. "Sunny." She glanced over to where Christy was shimmying under the lights. "She said you don't call back." Yeah, it's pretty rare," I admitted."A real Casanova, eh?" she asked, cocking an eyebrow.I shrugged. "Say what you like about Casanova, he never left a woman unsatisfied."She bit her lip, and gave me an appraising glance. She was. "You ... making ... fucking come," she moaned with broken gasps.The numbers on the clock read 2:11 as we paused for the third time and held each other."I have to work today." Sorry. I was having a nice time." I need to go home and get some sleep." I understand." Monday?" Sure. Sooner if you want." Still trying to not get very used to this."Naked, I waved as she backed out of the driveway.-By mid August, my last week here, I'd finished the draft of my book that was ready to send to my editor. I.