The women were working so diligently that they had not noticed me, so I just sat on my horse watching the four women work on what had to be our new ho...se. I did wonder where the extra skins had come from.I was doing what any Mescalero warrior was expected to do—relaxing and watching his wives work, so they were not put out when they finally noticed me. Dove, Sunny, and Amber ran up to me for a hug, but Silver stayed back behind the hut. I was surprised at first, but then I realized that she was. Broad hands, with long fingers, that grasped and shook Will’s hand with purpose. His ring finger was bare and tanned. Nancy shook her head to clear it and sipped her wine.“I’m not surprised,” said Steve. “I’m new to Canada and the West Coast. I hail from New Jersey. An American, I’m afraid. Please don’t deport me!”“New Jersey? I don’t hear an accent. Don’t you folks have accents?”Steve chuckled, and Nancy liked the deep baritone of it. “Sadly, or happily, no. I lost it in college. I studied in. I muttered what the hell and putting Naomi onto the sofa, stood and joined the boys. Gill peeled off her clothes and stood beside me in just her knickers. Naomi shrugged and disrobed. It was at that point that Bob Bramwell looked in again, did a double take and gawped. ‘Don’t worry Bob, we’re just running through some ideas for the album cover,’ Frank said. More laughter. Bob came in and without speaking stripped off. ‘Well I might as well get used to you lot, I’m sure this is going to be a. ’ The conversation left them both wanting… …………… Nigel hung up the phone, the conversation with Tera had been interesting. All told it had been a bad day for the good guys. Six members of his team were dead, Tera was wounded and Michael was almost killed. There was a bit of satisfaction placing the crosshairs of Sigarms R93 on Nicholas’s chest but not enough to regain the day. Talking with Ian on the way back from the meeting he was surprised that Nicholas had backed down. ‘Oh, I don’t think he.