"I know that you and Amy have been friends since childhood, and that until recently you have lived next door to each other. That, and the fact that yo... are gay, made us have no worries about all the time she spent with you."But since you've moved, Amy has still been intent on seeing you every afternoon. Last week, during the blizzard, she insisted on bicycling to you house on icy roads and driving winds."Robert interjected. "So we know that something is going on between you and our daughter.. .." Brad replied after a long pause. "So you're using her as a "Dutch Uncle? Uh huh... I thought so. Well... I suppose she can be... helpful for that." He opened the grill to turn the chicken quarters and the half-dozen ears of corn over."So what did you and Margaret decide about the male portion of the human race... or was it just me you were talking about?" Brad asked."Just you," Ashley replied matter-of-factly."K," he said. He waited."It's been something on my mind for a while, but I think. I can't imagine them wanting to attract attention to themselves." In that case, I'm in as well," the final man volunteered."OK, then I'll introduce myself. I'm Josh. Becky here, who hasn't agreed to join us yet, already knows me." I'm Jeffery Rutgers," the lead guy said, reaching out to shake Josh's hand. "In case you haven't guessed, we worked together in an Army Special Forces unit in Afghanistan." I'm Phillip Rosenthal," the talk black man said, still not removing his dark glasses. Still,. I didn't intend to say anything until we split the thirty bulls among us.Abby and Sharon rode in the gig with her horse tied behind. Red was riding next to me. "Cap'n, we's are all done helpin' them strangers. Abby said yous was goin to find a piece of land us'uns. Can we's do that soon?" Tomorrow morning, early. Rosy will want to be with you and Abby will too I expect. Abby is a good housekeeper, but Ma wants to do for us. I'm glad because I love it when Abby takes so much interest in what I'm.