"Never could refuse a pretty girl ... Okay, I'll stay a spell; at least until my side is good enough to travel."After breakfast John and Tyler walked ...ut to the barn and the corral. John had brought Tyler's horse in from the meadow and Tyler looked him over. "He needs a rest even if I don't." Tyler said. "Reckon it's a good idea to hunker down a bit."That evening after supper John, Molly and Tyler were on the front porch just enjoying the cool late spring night. "Nice night," Tyler. "She's awfully spirited." No, but she did fine on the trail with us riding double. You know she just wants attention. It might be good for her to trailer out with Gypsy and spend the weekend on the trail with other horses." Well, she is Betts' horse in name, but you are taking care of her." Really, Dad. Is Betts ever going to ride again?" Really? I doubt it. At least not competitively. That's an expensive horse, though. I was considering selling her." Oh Dad! Don't do that! I mean, unless you. It's..." He bit his lip. "Ah, hell. I'll be blunt. Sometimes we don't want to spill something to a friend because it's private and personal. You know what I mean?" That's true," Carmel agreed, tasting his fresh drink."I mean, it's sort of embarrassing, and it's difficult to judge just how much of a friend a person is at times like that." Well, I don't think you should trust anybody too quickly, Martin. Where self-interest is concerned most people will betray you, and a guy has only one or two. There was more to that night that just the physical, there was some emotional bonding there. I don’t know, these thoughts nagged at me.Five years go by, I was 23 and in my own apartment, a small place, and my sister calls me up. She lived in an apartment too and was now 25 years old. We hadn’t been talking that much the past year or so, we had our own lives with relationships and jobs and all that. We got into a groove and spoke for over an hour catching up on everything, it was a nice.