“Mustangs---grab some brooms. Clean this place up. When your done, I want Tigers to take a seat, then you will wait on them. You will take their ord...rs, serve the drinks, cook the food, and serve it. You wanna keep those jerseys--then ur gonna work for them”. There were a few moans and groans, but I just stared them down. They knew I was serious. “Reeves—your with me” I grabbed Parker by the shirt sleeve, and motioned for him and Reeves to follow me down the hall, past the rest rooms, and into. We go where you go. You here we here, so when you come here, we follow you,’ Dawn explained. ‘You should not have followed me. It might have been dangerous. I’m glad you’re here but next time, ask. Why is Moon with you, she should have gone back to the ranch with Uncle Henry?’ I asked. ‘She your wife too! You buy her,’ Dawn said. ‘You are my wife and Running Deer and a Little Doe or both my wives but Moon is not my wife,’ I tried explaining getting a sinking feeling in my gut. ‘You buy Running. I now suspect that story was the catalyst for all my recent problems.The magazine made a big deal out of how closely the original family formula was guarded. Near the end of the story, my name was mentioned as the guy in charge of security for the company. I had worked for Art and Paul since I got out of the army in 1985. I worked my way up the ladder and three years ago I was named head of security.The title sounds good, but the truth is security was never much of an issue, at least not until. Firecrackers. Music. Bright Lights. You know all those things in movies that they say comes along with that first kiss when the man you love finally presses his lips against your own? I felt them. I felt all of them course through my body and flood my ears, my eyes and every other sense that my body had available to it. His lips were like fire pressed against mine but it did not burn, it was welcoming, a delightful burn and I pushed back against it. His hands wrapped around my sides and pulled.