"On the helicopter a little later, Diana closed her phone and said quietly to her husband. "Melissa will meet us with a warm Escalade, and she's bring...ng another coat for Jennie." Good," the Prime said. "The cold is going to be a jolt to Hope, and she's had enough trauma lately."On the ride to the Retreat, Hope, obviously enjoying the experience, had been looking out the window of the helicopter at the snow-covered mountains beneath them. After a few minutes, her youth began to assert itself,. With no one really special in her life at the moment, and her sons spending the month with their grandparents down in Florida, Paulette had promised herself that this was the summer she would finally lose those few extra pounds and get back into shape.It had been a losing battle that she had been fighting since before her first pregnancy. She'd made the mistake of mentioning her desire to Greer, who had taken it as her personal mission to see that her friend reached that goal. Where they once. I didn't mind the trip, or taking my time making my way upstairs and into the bathroom. Actually looking forward to taking a bath, though again, that fear came rushing back. Getting in and out of the tub wasn't going to be easy. She saw the look."I'll make sure my brother does something about this room too," she told me. "Now ... give me your clothes," she said as she began running me a bath."I'm sorry ... what?" You're clothes. You can't very well take a bath with your clothes on now can you?. They had two leaders with them who were bunked in the staff lodge. Instead of putting them all at one table and putting me by myself, the ranch crew set one table of eight and one of seven. We all came in and I just hung back and watched until there was only one seat left open. I took it between two girls who looked about my age. Of course, I didn't look my age. I was wearing jeans and my riding boots—we did have horses, after all, and all my family had riding clothes—and a plaid shirt with my.