We are also happy that you want us to stay here with you. We would be most happy to live the rest of our lives here in this valley, helping raise and ...each our grandkids.”“Papa, since we have twice the number of beaver pelts as we’ve ever had, could we stop trapping now and start building our new home? Ty told me that he once worked for a man who cut and hewed logs to build houses.”Boothe told them, “We have another seventy days before we leave on our trip down to The Rendezvous. If we start. We'll discuss that later." She frowned slightly, but she didn't persist.I pointed to her clothes still lying on the floor and said, "You'd better get these back on. Once you've done that, if you want, I'd appreciate your help packing up my things. It goes so much faster with two people. Then, when we are done packing my things, I'll help you pack your things."She dressed herself slowly. I watched her get dressed, and she watched me watch her. She did not seem quite so embarrassed about. Play it out.”“Yeah, vato. You thought we were idiots, so, gotta pay.” He pulled out his phone and aimed it at me. “And smile while you do it.”“You guys are assholes,” I muttered. “I'm getting punked. Probably Noah set it up. He knows how to spoof phone numbers and send weird text messages.”I stared at Noah, expecting to see him fighting a grin the way he always did when he was trying to hide a joke. He was such a bad liar. But he just stared at me, waiting, the instruction manual held in his. Beverly opened the car door then reached in to swing the seats to their most forward position, giving her as much room as possible. She got back out and then ordered Tommy to climb into the back seat and kneel on all fours on the seat cushion with his face pressed all the way down and his rump up in the air.Beverly climbed in after him and closed the door. The first thing she did was to reach over and open all of the car windows. "My, it's stuffy in here. Let's get a little air circulating.".