One such evening, Dot lay comfortable on a mat and sleeping bag with Phyllis snuggled up to her to keep warm. She had begun to return Dots affection f...r her lately, and I think she might have been vaguely aware of Dots intentions. We were all in a haze around the campfire that dark desert evening. Frank and I were engaged in conversation but very aware of the girls on the mat. Frank was a really nice guy and he had an idea of what Dot was like from Phyllis. I knew he was interested in Dot. .Swift.We called him Swift because he was very fast and he looked amazing when hegalloped in the wind with his mane flying everywhere...he's gorgeous,has abrown fur,and has huge blue eyes.I was alone in the barn and had finished cleaning out all the stalls exceptfor Swift's. I wanted our moment together to be just right.I took off all my clothes,folded them neatly and put them in the tack room.My body shook as I approached the horse's stall but I managed to open thedoor and shut it behind me.As. They had met the helicopter without incident and once back in Brazzaville told the authorities the group had become lost and the anthropologist and his wife had somehow wandered off in search of water and they had become separated. Since quite a bit of money had changed hands, Raluu gave a similar account and the helicopter pilot led a government search team more than two hundred miles south of the Mabuka village. After three weeks of intensive searching, the hunt was finally called off, the. ’ ‘Heidi! Why?’ Fran groaned out. Heidi couldn’t meet Fran’s questioning eyes. She didn’t know what to tell her. ‘I-I. We weren’t dating or anything when it happened, he went to college and I got pregnant. I didn’t even know him—he wasn’t part of my life.’ ‘You have to tell him,’ Fran whispered vehemently, ‘Heidi, he deserves to know he has a son, and once more, he can help pay for the things Fitz needs.’ ‘No!’ Heidi said desperately, ‘What if he tries to take him away?’ Heidi couldn’t stop.