She wore a button up blue shirt that seemed to fit snug around the chest area and black pants. She smiled as she spoke to his parents. Larry stared at...awe at the beautiful college girl."I've taken care of two of my nieces so I know a lot about child care," she said in a smooth voice."Ok well do you know CPR and first aid?" Larry's mom asked sternly."Yes ma'am I do. I also worked in a daycare when I started college and I had to take first aid class." Very well then..." Larry's father said and. He often blamed his 'roving' on his wife's frigid refusals after theironly child was born. It was utterly without merit, even if he had been areal man devoted to his family. In truth there seemed to be little lovethere, so he sought out satisfaction elsewhere.Strangely though, he never called it 'sex' when I was kneeling under hisdesk (his favorite 'position'). It even happened a few times while hewas having meetings with staffers or others in his office. It was funthe first few times, trying. College had finished for the year and I was very glad in more ways than one, to help Gran. I arrived on Saturday morning and after having a cup of tea with Gran, asked her what she would like me to do first around the house. "Well Ian, I know what 'I' would like 'you' to do first, but we had better leave that until later OK, she joked. In the meantime, maybe you can check the gutters and the roof and make sure that there are no leaks, just in case it rains." I proceeded to do the things that. A surprising number of them gave up any thought of trying to cross that final mountain range that was the final test of their desperate resolve.The Hardy family was one of those families and they had no idea that their westward destiny was to come to a halt in the now peaceful valley.The railroad had not only built a fine line with a station only a few miles from the center of the town, but they had constructed a spur into the town and a holding corral for the cattle being brought up from Texas.