We’ll have ‘em ready for you.”“I’ll bring you a good mess of pecans back, Williams, for getting them wagons done that fast for us.”The nig...t before they were to leave, Eli brought the six Crow girls and the six Young Bucks into the kitchen and sat them down for a talk.“We’re all headin out for Pecan Ridge tomorrow morning early and it’ll take us four days to get there. I want all of you up, fed, and your horses saddled at first light. We’ll ride our horses over to the lumber yard and pick up. ‘Sorry, I didn’t hear you come in.’ ‘Yeah, I saw that you had your headphones on,’ Vicky said. ‘What were you listening to?’ ‘Death Note score.’ Vicky giggled, something very uncharacteristic of her lately. ‘Yeah, mix that ominous music with Lovecraft and you certainly have a creepy atmosphere.’ She looked down at the empty coffee cups on the desk. ‘Coffee jitters don’t help.’ I couldn’t help but notice her demeanor. ‘Are you high?’ I asked. Vicky shrugged. ‘Meh… not even half-baked.’ Meaning. "Why don't you two go up?" Connie said. "I'll take care of these dishes. I'm not quite tired yet." Simon raised an eyebrow at that, but said nothing. "Are you sure, hon?" asked her mother. "You could leave them until the morning. They aren't going anywhere, after all." Connie recognized the peace offering. "No, it's okay, Mom," she said. "It'll be nicer for you to wake up to a clean kitchen. Besides, you did all the cooking. I can at least clean up." "Well, thanks, sweetie," said Lydia. "I. We went back inside and as I sat back in my chair Mel bent over the sofa and started to put her things back in her bag, as her shirt rode up I had the perfect view of her rounded arse, it looked a bit different in her shorts than it did in the tight jeans and I was going to guess she had a thong on as the cotton material had wedged up her crack and I could just see the bottom of her cheeks, a sight that was starting to arouse.I took the bull by the horns, “I must say Mel, you have a great body”.