She turned her head as she spoke.I knew what was going on. She was sad I was leaving. I was sad too but I had to be strong for both of us. "Annie, com... here." she walked over to my desk and stood there beside it. I stood up and sat on the edge of my desk so I would be eye-to-eye with her."Annie, you have been wonderful while I've been here. I could not have done any of this without you. You were amazing and so much help for me," I began. "But also you have been a wonderful companion as well.. "She reminded me of another youngster that had a lot goin against him but that wasn't willing to sit back and take it," Johnny said pointing to Josh as he spoke.Red saw the look that passed between Josh and the mountain man. "Sam give us three of your best before these two get to blubbering," he ordered.Sam got a bottle down from beside the mirror behind the bar. He had to wipe off some dust. "Don't get much call for this," he explained. "Too blamed expensive I guess." He poured three double. " I looked questioningly at her."My name is Arenta and Yolanda and I shared the adolescent dormitory together. She was always brazenly flirtatious especially in the company of Sprites. Contrary to what Yolanda would have you believe, we knew the Sprites of the river grasses well, played with them often in our youth and came to eye their tumescent members with lascivious desire as we experienced our own sexual awakening." "Yolanda was always a tease; fluttering her wings and eyelashes, tossing. "Grab his hand and let's go show it to him."Hope, her face already starting to color, held out her hand to Art. "Come on before I chicken out."Inside the bedroom, a moment later, they stood looking at the wall where a picture frame hung with its back to them. Art was beginning to get an inkling of what was going on – or so he thought."Well, that's a nice frame, even the back of it," he teased."Hope," Sandra said, motioning toward the picture. "It's your place to turn it."The three young women.