It didn't really matter now, since sooner or later everyone in camp would learn to lead the horses. Hell, they wouldn't be able to ride them if they c...uldn't lead them.My new recruits and I headed back for the surround and I had Biltee, Caysha, and Dagart give them lessons while I watched. This worked out fine since all I had to do was stand around until time for supper.We knocked off as quickly as I thought we could reasonably expect food and I was close enough to right. I had my serving in. "I'm queer and I like men."William looked at her as it clicked in his brain. "You're a guy?" Hecouldn't help but look confused. She wasn't a guy. He had spent thewhole evening with her. He'd seen her half undressed on that firstnight. She was teasing him, right?Dana had tears in her eyes and looked quite serious. "I am. I'vealways been this way and it's okay. But, it's not fair to lie to you.I was hoping you'd still be my friend even now that you know what I am. I don't want to deceive. .”“He’s not going to jail, Pumpkin! We told you that already, Jeez Louise! Even IF he got found guilty by some insane lunacy, he still wouldn’t get more than a record and maybe some community hours and a fine or something,” Larry told his daughter, clearly sounding exasperated.“Are you sure? You guys aren’t just saying that to make me feel better?” she demanded, sounding like a kid who was being told that Santa wasn’t real.“Butterfly, if they put everyone in jail for punching someone, they. I bought my groceries and headed home to put them away. Once I’d done that, I headed to the furniture store where I’d purchased, or rather my dad had purchased, the couch and other items for the apartment.He had done so as a way to, in effect, apologize for the way my mom had treated me for years. For Christmas, he’d privately given me a check to help cover expenses and tuition. Like the one before, he’d written it from his investment account so that my mom wouldn’t know about it. I didn’t.