. she wasn't prepared to compromise. I'm guessing you'd understand that, right?" Yeah, that's true." Yvonne settled back, obviously considering that. ...Good for her, I guess." It worked for her, too, she got who she was after." Who? One of the choirboys?" she smiled a smile that was almost a sneer."Hey, I'm in the choir." You are!" That surprised her."Yeah, I like music. I like singing." She knew she was a little defensive, and tried to turn attention away from herself. "Anyway, she ended up. I limped my way into the kitchen where i'd already prepared the coat hanger. i'd made the 'S' about an inch tall. Holding it in an oven glove, i heated until it was red hot. As i'd been thinking about your task, i'd wondered just how i was going t make myself do this last, final act but now that the time had arrived, it was easy for, while you'd given no time limits to keep the tacks embedded in me, i'd assumed you meant until the task was complete. Therefore, the quicker i branded myself, the. Rick“Her,” I said out loud. I ran into the house. “Rosalia,” I called out. Nothing. I ran to the bedroom. “Rosalia,” I called again. Still nothing. I check all the bedrooms and could not find her anywhere. I went into the den, sat on the sofa and cried.After an hour, I had to get out of there. I had to do something. I headed to the barn thinking I would take Blaze out for a ride. This would give me time to think.When I pulled up to the barn I saw Slim and Todd were doing the evening feed. I. Every year it was always darker. Everyone wore thesame shirt and the long dress to their ankles and braids for their uncuthair. That's because you could not cut your hair until you had a secondsyllable in your name. But today was an even day, so Les and everyonehad to wear the bottom fully open and loose. It was so much nicer whenit was like that. Les could run and play really easy when pretending wewere Lees in the Lee room and play exciting games this way. On the odddays when Les had to.