" You too," he replied politely.Eddie sighed, and as he caught up on his manners he beckoned Luke forward. "Alice, this is Luke."I watched as Luke pol...tely exchanged greetings with my grandma, but I was a little unprepared for the cold way he was regarding her. But I ignored that for now, deciding at this point, it needed to be my imagination. Obviously, I had other things to deal with."Why don't we all go inside?" Jase suggested. "I think everyone could use something to drink, and we should. I can hear the sounds of a few animals, mostly chickens I assume, also, now and then I hear the traces of someone at work. The slight efforts I make to look at my surroundings tires me more than I can even imagine. Most of my time is spent dropping in and out of whateve r consciousness t his is. I hear someone enter through the back of the house, then the sound of something dropping on the floor on the other side of the wall next to me. A small body walks past the opening of the room. First in. She has a pretty face, brown eyes with deep black mascara and eye liner on. Her hair is in a neat pony tail with two bits of fringe dangling by her eyes. “Good afternoon,” she says to me. “I'm Heidi, how can I help you?” “Hi, Heidi,” I reply, “I'm Elle Anderson, I have an appointment for one o'clock.” “Okay, let me just have a look,” she says, “Ah, yes. You called a couple of hours ago. Please take a seat and somebody will be with you shortly.” “Thank you,” I reply. I walk over to the waiting. Joe said they would be pleased to be included. Sam and I wanted to have everyone used to seeing Indians around the ranch.It was to be a fair and lovely weather day. Every one contributed something. The beef was what Ron brought to the pit. Tim and his family brought vegetables. Naomi and Ma baked the cake. Rita and Nancy were so excited they were useless and Naomi told them to go welcome everyone. They would be told when it was time to dress. John was used to handling a large group of people,.