Dad never enjoyed working on the ranch, so after I joined the Army in 1999, Grandpa Adam began selling off his cattle, and eventually his bulls too. F...r a while he focused upon breeding horses, but then he sold off the horses too. He hoped I would continue the family tradition, so rather than selling the ranch and retiring to Florida or Arizona, he leased the grazing land to nearby ranches; renting fallow land for growing alfalfa and hay. He didn’t like corporate beef growing operations; not. .I...thank you," I issued in a weak voice and hegrinned."Welcome. I've been watching you for a while." You have??" Yea, been doing pretty nice on your own, looks." Aww--" I bit my lower lip. Shit, that sounded too boy! Soften yourvoice and drop the eyes so he doesn't see through you! "Er, I mean,I--I haven't been skiing for real. Not like up them slopes."He grinned. "No, maybe not downhill, but you've been doing greatfor cross-country." Cross country?" Going over flat terrain over forest trails. .. copies of a Texas suspension and the school's random drug test list. Parker's been suspended from coaching pending an investigation. Coach Vickers will take over, and he says I'm not kicked off." You know it's funny that that enterprising reporter didn't say anything to her best friends." It didn't seem important," Tami said innocently."Not important!" Robbie sputtered. "We could have set a camera up in Parker's office. His face during that call would be worth everything he's put us through. Any other woman that she didn't approve of that is. After all, I was part of her income stream.The other thing is that she would often summon me like this. When I received a message "Be here at three o'clock" it was no good saying I couldn't, I had to move everything to be there. That's what happened today and I had to cancel a work meeting and pretend a domestic emergency, but I made it in time.With Mistress, I had an access to her house by the garage side door and was expected to strip naked.