" That's when she started in crying. What is it about some girls that they can be fine one minute, and then crying to beat the band the next one? My m...ma used to do that sometimes too. It nearly drove my daddy crazy when she did that too."I need to talk to him, it's important. It's about the cattle, and it's not anything that's good." You can leave him a note or tell me. He's been mad at me ever since I got back, and it's all your fault."I left her there and rode up to the ranch. I never could. The whys and the wherefores, the blame, the guilt all loaded on the truck with what furniture I took with me. The divorce had taken nearly eighteen months to finalize so I was used to being alone, it wasn’t that, but there is a particular kind of aloneness that comes with the holidays and with his new marriage looming on Valentine’s Day, I needed to get away. You have to be careful planning a trip in February in New England, it can blow up in your face if a Nor’easter comes calling so I. Julie always says there is room for one more, but you're talking about four more. Let me ask and I'll call you right back."We walked up to the broad deck area near one of the sparkling swimming pools and sat at a couple of tables. Katana asked Ipo, "Well, do you have any idea about whether you want to stay with these folks for a while, or if you want to go back home?"With a wistful look on her face, the tiny girl said. "It's really a hard decision, Dad. I just love Chuck and all of his family,. Uncle Oscar’s going to be the tough nut.”“So, shall we get up and have some breakfast?” he asked.“I know what I want for breakfast.” She kissed his lips. “More Jason. I need to use the bathroom, first. Do you need to?”“Well I do want to check out that tub.”“You go first, then. Just grab a hand towel from the closet in there.”Jason returned from the master bath. “That is quite the tub,” he remarked. “Did you put that in or was it here?”“It was here and it’s one reason I bought the condo. I love.