Her mother was right. I did have an inflated sense of my self worth.“Pretty much,” I said.“Is it really for me?” she asked, stepping closer.It...bobbed, in response to her question, which could be interpreted more than one way.“It’s because of you,” I said, “not for you.”“I don’t understand,” she said, taking another step closer.“Think of it as a Cadillac,” I said. “You get to look at it, but you can’t have it. It’s out of your price range.”“Hmmm,” she said. “Get back on the lounge.”She had posed. "That one that looks like a 'w' is Cassiopeia. Can you see it?"Ariana can of course but, pretending, she keeps looking as VJ steps closer to her and their faces are placed side by side, their cheeks touching a little as VJ points again. Enjoying the closeness, Ariana gives her friend a friendly little hug to which VJ finds adorable and reciprocates."Yeah I think I see it now. Do you know any others?" she asks as she moves her hand resting it gently on her friends.Smiling at each other, Ariana. While we were on the new land nearest my ranch I was introduced to the new hand Carlos. Before Doug introduced me to him he told me not to worry about his age because he could work the both of us into the ground on any given day. After talking with Carlos for about 15 minutes I knew he was born to ranching and would make an exceptional hand for the ranch.Later when we were at Doug's having a cold one I asked him where he had met Carlos. Doug replied, "Years ago when I was a young teenager. .......................Suivent quelques mots illisibles et des ratures... Il y a aussi destaches qui pourraient ?tre des larmes. Je tournais la page et continuaisma lecture...........................23 maiRoger et moi avons vu le b?b? pour la premi?re fois. C'est un gar?on. Ils'appelle Michel. C'est mon petit fr?re. Mon demi-fr?re. Maman est morteen le mettant au monde. Roger est son p?re. Il vit avec nous depuis deuxans. Il est vraiment sympa... Pas comme mon vrai p?re, un vrai salaudcelui-l?!.