Is that right?" Elaine laughed. "I definitely am leading the way, that's fair enough," she said, "but you and I wouldn't be here if Paul wasn't intrig...ed and aroused by the idea too."Garrett frowned. "Ideas are ideas. The reality of watching another man -- and a black man at that -- taking a guy's wife can be a lot different than the idea of it for a husband, if you get my drift." Elaine nodded. "Supposing, for example, that you really love it but Paul can't cope, what then?" We've talked about. Gateway had been founded along one of the old pilgrimtrails west, and then kept alive by an old fort which grew into a militarybase. Apart from that there was little except cornfields, the odd industry,the downtown city center complete with mall, and many churches once builtto save the souls of the miserable settlers and backwoods residents. Once,Gateway had been the gateway to the west, a town through which wagon trainspassed weekly on their way further towards the fabled Pacific coast. Now,it. The girls came down and greeted Jamie like a long lost brother. All of them used their hands on him as another way of communication. One of them must have thought of this and made the suggestion. It was good to see Jamie responding to the touch.We were nearly done when we heard a heavy tread on the stairs. Carm came into the room to look around."Good morning Cousin Carm. Pull up a seat beside that pretty woman and I will see if I can fill you up." They all look pretty. But I think I will pick. " You make up the contracts Uncle Charlie, and then tell me how much you'd charge anyone else, and I'll pay that amount too. I'm also looking to buy more good horses because I'm going to grow the herd and do more trading too. You'll see more of me too, because I've hired myself a foreman. He might be there now or he might not. It was him that I got into the fight with." I see a lot of my brother in you Jay. He was a visionary when he was younger, but he let all of his appetites get the best of.