Didn't know whether to shit or go blind". I almost fell out of the tree. Apparently, Snookie knew I had been watching her and now Pete knew I was a pe...ping Tom too. How could I have been such a dummy? What had looked like a staged show had really been a show, for an audience of one.I didn't respond, but Pete went ahead anyway. "Yeah, she's caught you peekin' at her a couple of weeks ago." When did she tell you?" I had finally found my voice."A couple of days ago. I asked her what the problem. Damn, unknown. Worse than the last name of Smith or Johnson, but not quite as bad as polygamist families, is an 'Unknown.'I'm going to sniff this out. I waded through multiple pages of data on Ancestry and Rootsweb and determined that Katherine was probably born ... Katherine McDonald -- she and Lucille, were sisters?That would make Caroline and I, Double Third Cousins? I think.I love it when a plan comes together. This was cool enough to call Caroline about."Hello?" Hello – beautiful, how are. "Lady, I'd don't think you know what you got yourself into here. This here is Stanley Herdass' land, and he runs the tightest, toughest outfit in all the West. Why there are twelve-year veterans that pale at the mention of working on his ranches. It's not a place for c***dren and not a place for women."Beth Ann folded her arms in front of her chest defiantly, drawing moans of displeasure from the assembled men. She glared at Kenny. "Now look here, mister Big Shot Foreman. Stanley Herdass. Was there nothing that could alleviate this condition?Julia listened to my symptoms soberly and pronounced her conclusion. "Youmay be pregnant," she said."Pregnant?" I asked, clasping my hand to my belly. "I can't be. I'm nota woman." Yes, you are, Ovidia," Julia said, and the corners of her mouth twitched."You bear all the signs of pregnancy. I'm afraid I may be responsible."I stared at the lovely woman who had so enchanted me on that afternoonwalk along the streets of Viminalis Hill. She.