"Miss Gwen," Douglas began, "I've got to run over to Jackson tonight and I won't be back until sometime late tomorrow or even the day after. Would you...mind watching Trooper for me while I'm gone?"It took all her will power not to scream out her answer. "You know I'd be happy to watch him for you, Douglas." Thank you. I've got to take care of some business over there and I'm not sure how long it's gonna take and I really don't want to leave him all alone in a strange place by himself, and he. " I'm out of practice, but I would have been disappointed if he didn't call. He asked me if he could when I walked him out the night he had dinner with us." Well, you're just full of surprises. I can't wait to see what he wants. It's just a mile to the next intersection. We can stop and get some coffee and trade places." I'm still out of practice, but I'll be dreadfully disappointed if I don't know what he wants."We had a good giggle about that remark. When we were back on the road, she. He looked up and said, "That must have been a long story tonight,"Luna explained that it wasn't a story but a discussion. She related about Tunie wanting to live in the house if they got married and had been told that it might be too small if brothers or sister came along to increase the size of their family. She then told him that this then led to an excited discussion about when this might happen and how good it would be when it did. A further discussion ensued about how many brothers and. God she had grown in the two months we'd been gone. Becky stopped crying as soon as I took her in my arms. Her eyes focused on mine and she gave me a big, toothless smile. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.I didn't even think of the new members of our group until Sam asked me who the people standing by the horses were. I waved them over to us and introduced them to my family and friends.It took a while for the hubbub to die down, but when it did, I sat Sally's family down along.