When do you need the dress by?" Four weeks, the seventeenth if that is possible." Yes, it should be." Erika didn't even consider that she may not be h...re. "What do you have in mind?" Something elegant but not too fancy." He smiled. "She is beautiful enough." That will be fine." She had forgotten her fear now. "I have some pattern books if you would like to look for a style." Oh, yes, okay but not now, you are closing soon. I will come back on Monday if that is alright?" Yes, certainly, thank. I also have my reloading stuff so I can convert them to smokeless powder so I can still see what I’m shooting at after the first few shots.’ ‘Sounds like a lot of things to carry. We only brought one pack horse.’ ‘We’ll just get what we need for now and get the rest later.’ ‘I spoke about you being a lawman, why’d you quit?’ ‘Just got tired of it I guess – the long days on the trail, the loneliness and the constant danger. You never knew from one day to another where ya’d be or if ya’d still. ‘Tipsy is fine, drunk un-fine. Too risky.’ Peter felt that being hung over and nauseous was the proper state to tell me more about his family. ‘My father was a bloody drunk and petty tyrant. He left when I was four and good riddance. Bitter metallic yellow fear is all I remember of him. Mom screaming and I was too small to help. When he disappeared it was much better, but still pretty shitty. We never had any money, I had to do the cooking if I wanted to eat anything else than sandwiches. Mom. Our parents are friends. We’ve been going to camp since we were seven, started dating when we were fourteen, and started having sex just after I turned sixteen. It’s been two years of exclusive dating and I thought all was good until your e-mail,” she said rapidly as if she had been rehearsing it all day. I took a deep breath and said, “That’s a bit different then he told me the other night.” “What did he tell you about me?” she asked, and I could hear her concern. I told her what Jeremy had.