Wilcox, I didn't ever expect to see you. George doesn't either. He told me he was all through with you and hoped never to set eyes on you again. Will ...ou be staying at the Cowman's Rest until both of you decide what to do?" I was hoping to see him today. I don't have any money to rent a room." The woman was crumbling right before my eyes.I made a quick decision. First I wanted to warn George that his wife was in town, but I couldn't let her stay on the street. "Mrs. Wilcox, I will rent you a. He chanced a look down at the brunette seated next to him and caught her peeking at him.She smiled back, happy to have been caught, and leaned her head against his arm. Her fingers were drumming against the table in time with the beat of the tune, matching the bobbing of Vinnie’s head.In a word, everything was going great. Vinnie had taken advantage of his new VIP status at Sky to park his beat up old SUV in the city; Dominic had treated it like a top-of-the-line sports car and whisked it away. Kenshin: Oro.Yahiko: You're not even a student and you keep coming here every day! I thought you weren't doing shinai kenjutsu anymore!!Yutarou: I told you, shinai kenjutsu's just a game! I came to check things out for Sensei's fight with Himura Kenshin!Yahiko: Checking things out? All Kenshin ever does is clean house.Yutarou: Right. That surprised me too.Yahiko: So why do you keep coming here--!!Yutarou: Since when do I take orders from you!!Sanosuke: Looks like we're getting the understudy. Mature birch trees lined the original creek bed. There always seemed to be a breeze there. White pieces of bark often fell onto the surface of the pond and sailed like little boats until they ended up stuck on the banks. There was a narrow path beginning just past the barn. I guess the cattle had worn this route. We had to pass through a small field and a couple gates to reach the pond. Shelly and I had gotten a late start. It was probably past ten o’clock. We stopped at the barn.