"Well, Leafrider was bored and came to me with an idea she wanted to try. Though now I'm thinking that maybe it was Shayera's idea..."Shayera Alustria... suddenly appeared between us, staring up at me angrily. With the manner of a grammar nazi correcting a split infinitive, she barked out a correction: "Shayera Alustrial!" Then she was gone into my closet, where Leafrider had disappeared during the brief pause. She always insisted that her full name be used every time, though I often failed to do. We got to the resort about the same time. I got there the end of May and she came a couple of days later--the first of June. We hung out together. She’s a really neat girl. She and I decided together to stay and have some fun, make some money, and come back all the wiser for it. God, I hope she’s OK. We spent a lot of time together. I wish there was something we could do.”“Think about anything you can remember about her. Who you all met, where you went, anyone that was cross with her, just. We waited. After ten minutes, it stayed quiet. I went to my daughter and Frankie. Laura was crying. I looked at Frankie. "Take her back to your house and 'stay' there this time. If she wants to contact us, do it mentally or by phone. If she leaves that house again, you two are over. Are we clear?" He nodded shakily. "Loving someone means you 'don't' let them do something stupid. Now, prove it! Get her home safely. Keep her there." I looked at Laura. "Laura, if we both live through this night,. They had talked repeatedly about a road trip, just the two of them. Why not now? ‘Okay,’ Sierra said. ‘Oregon or Montana?’ For the first time in awhile, Sena reminded Sierra that she loved filming Big Texan, in southwest Texas. Trust me, that part of Texas is beautiful, like southern Colorado, Sena explained. Most of the people she got to know there, thirty years earlier, were still living. ‘More than any place I’ve been, those Texas folks were not impressed by me. Jim Greene trailed a cowboy.