When there had been no trouble, other than the dead man they’d buried, they had left Enid and Buster to watch over the flock, and returned to the ra...ch to get the other half of their livelihood.“All you think about is sheep,” complained Amanda. “I’m leaking. I need something to plug a leak, husband. Get me something to plug a leak.”“I have something to plug your leak with woman,” he said, rolling back on top of her.Back in the high meadows, nature reigned supreme. The grass grew tall, and the. It seemed like the distance was a lot longer, all exposed to the elements as it was, and to the eyes of any nosy person who might have happened along.Oh, everyone did like to talk, as though they had no problems of their own to occupy them. As she trudged along she would look down at her clothes, almost expecting to find a scarlet ‘A’ embroidered there. She never got used to the ordeal but learned to live with it.Of course, there wasn’t any mystery when they saw her pulling up to the house in a. “Chrissie? Nod your head if your name is Chrissie.”The middle-aged brown-haired woman nodded at him, her glazed expression clearing up slightly as she focused on him.“Chrissie, stand on one leg.”She lifted one leg and balanced in place.“Now hop up and down. Stop. Do a handstand. Whoops, lemme help ... Oh, god, sorry about that. Bad idea. Let’s get you upright again.”Chrissie’s skirt had fallen to cover her head and torso when she did her handstand, exposing her panties and stockings.“Sorry. . absolutely not. If you won’t be disgusted seeing me that way, I promise that I won’t mind at all.“You saved me, Mark. I was dying. I know I was, and you took me in like I was family. How many people take in a homeless freak who smells like a garbage dumpster? And when I couldn’t lift a finger to help, you scrubbed me until I looked like a human being...”She was starting to relive the bad times, so I pulled her in for a hug and kissed her on the lips hard enough to get her attention. Abby.