"Tomorrow night, 9 o'clock," he grinned. "Party. Come, have a laugh and we'll forget about today." I looked at Andrea inquiringly. She was still frown...ng but her face looked a little softer, more relaxed. "It'll be fun," he promised. "Okay," I agreed, on a whim. Tomorrow was Friday and I didn't have plans yet. I love house parties, and the guy was really cute when he smiled. Andrea nodded, "alright, we'll come to your party. But you don't breathe a word to anyone about what you just saw.. As she ran round the block she couldn’t help thinking that Mr Tomas was pretty cute, and he did have some nice biceps…She quickly dismissed these thoughts and continued with her run. Jade was jogging back through her street just as Mr Hill was finishing up with the lawn, he was just throwing the last of the cut up grass into the compost heap when he walked over to his fence smiling. What a gorgeous smile she thought. She smiled back and stopped at his fence. “No work today huh?” She said a. The jeweler called and left a message on my phone a couple days ago. That would complete my Christmas shopping.I chose a different style necklace and earrings for each of them and I was anxious to see what they would look like with the dresses, but I had confidence they would look great. I just hoped he had the boxes marked according to the way I ordered them.We spent the evening with present wrapping and final decorating for Christmas. We also had some fun time in the hot tub before quality. ”“I’ve come to like you a lot already too, Marshal. You done hired us and you treat us like white men; we’ll stand with you no matter who comes against you or your family now.”While Cookie was mixing and rolling out more pie dough for his pecan pies, the women joined Clara in the ranch house and prepared supper, with enough food for the next day.When supper was ready, the men and the twelve young’uns filed through, filling their plates, then headed back out to eat. The women sat at the table.