I walked into the family room and sat down next to him, in my mind I’d gone over what I wanted to say a thousand times but I couldn’t find the wor...s to start this afternoon. After fidgeting in my seat for several minutes I turned sideways on the couch and pulled one leg up bending it at my knee. “I’m bored Paul,” I finally said. He looked sideways at me and replied, “Do you want to do something this afternoon?” I placed my hand on his arm before continuing, “I’m not talking about right now. The oldest native tested the edge of his long knife with his thumb making Gallagher swallow rapidly with his Adam's apple rising and falling like a nervous yo-yo.Mrs. Candleford ran into her hut and returned with several trinkets of jewelry from her bag and some cosmetic accessories. The gifts appeared to mollify the natives and they hastily departed leaving the Gallagher-obsessed native girl hanging onto the first mate's belt like a crazed shadow. All the others just went back to their. They made good time. Like most cowboys, he couldn’t understand why anybody would walk when they could ride, but she was going faster than he could comfortably make his horse go. A canter was not a good idea with his side only partially healed.The first time she counted coup on him he almost fell off the horse. She ran from the side, and a bit behind, and slapped his thigh, before yodeling and running off, laughing. An hour later she did it from the other side. Not fifteen minutes later, she. .. none in fact. I got carried away in the moment. Or something like that." She giggled, "I heard that line on TV and liked it. 'Carried away in the moment.' It sounds romantic." Or stupid." Too said, "It's the kind of thing someone would say while the Doctor was stitching them up." She glared at Junior, "Or just before the Ambulance people jerked the door off the wreck." Oh." Junior looked contrite, "I am sorry." Who is minding the boat?" asked David."Ah ... Julie?" It's supposed to be you.".