" And she leaned back over. I leaned in a little, and a little toward her, a pretense to helping make her work a little less difficult, but actually t... afford myself a better view down her top. I got as far as her tan-line, but she stood back up before I got any further. "How's that?" she asked as she plopped two more cakes on top of the others on my plate."More," I said. I could feel my heart in my throat. I was keenly aware that anybody might figure out what I was trying to do. And I toyed. I smiled back at her, congratulated her, and told her to finish off the two magazines she had. She missed one shot by a hair! When she was done, I gave her a big hug and kiss telling her she’d done extremely well. Score! Another humongous Anna smile. Five minutes later, we’d picked up the empty brass, and were riding back to Las Cruces.Just before we reached the stable, I said, “If we go riding tomorrow, I’ll start teaching you to use the rifle.”With a jerk of the reins she stopped her horse.. Rick shakes his head and calls me a tease. I just smile and finish opening the wrapping paper. Inside is a jewelry box, containing the most beautiful diamond earrings I’ve ever seen. I don’t really know much about diamonds, but these look huge to me. I look at Rick with my mouth hanging open. He takes my hands and looks into my eyes. “There’s an explanation for these, and I hope it won’t offend you. Leslie left me two weeks before her birthday. I had already bought these for her, and didn’t. Being just a year apart, we shared many of the same friends in high school. In fact several people who did not know we were brother and sister asked if we were dating. We would always laugh at the idea and explain the truth, but secretly I always did kind of wish we were dating. Amanda was really pretty. She was 5’6”, kept a nice tan all year round, had very natural, very red hair. She was just slightly overweight, but never complained about it. I actually always thought the extra weight made.