"Yes he is. He is an Andalusian pure bred. His sire and dame were brought to this country from Spain. I bought him in California last year." Shaking h...s head Enrique continued, "I may have wasted my money though. He is very high spirited and hard to train."Jake was still stroking the big black horse. He carefully ran his hand over the horse's chest, withers, and over the rump. Jake also looked at the legs and hoofs. This is a strong animal, he thought."Come Jake, I will show you some other. " Okay ... Okay," Caleb said, laughing at Collette's scowl, and Bill and Bran's antics.Caleb's laughter stilled after a moment, and his face turned serious as he considered how to explain this to JJ's parents. He had thought about this moment, and was no closer to a solution than he was the night before, when he realized that it would need to happen."Have you checked for bugs?" Caleb asked Al."I have, and there are none," Al replied. "The only risk is if your or JJ's cell phones are switched to. I haven't slept so well in a long time. That must mean that we are soul mates." I love you," she said. "I got to go pee, back in a minute."Mom came in from the kitchen. "You didn't make her walk home, did you?" Mother, sometimes you are brilliant and sometimes ... not so much. Hmmm, I smell breakfast. I'll take her home after we all eat." She doesn't have to. Michael brought her a change of clothes when he came back, last night." Ohh, did you guys do the horizontal shuffle again?" I said. I don't know if it was because of the talk I had with him in the basement, or not, but he started talking to me like he thought I was almost fully grown up. I liked him doing that, and, because I wanted him to keep treating me that way, I tried to act more grown up, and tried to be responsible.On Saturday, December 9th, 1961, my mother boarded the train to go to New York City in order to meet Kate's plane from Hungary. I think it was from London, actually, because I think Kate flew there first.