She looked around slowly, as if to make sure she wasn't seen, and walked up the path to my front door. Leanne was wearing her school uniform, as I'd t...ld her to, but I thought that her blouse had one less button done up than yesterday. She looked vulnerable and naive, and again I had a pang of guilt. But as I opened the door and she looked up at me that all disappeared, the thought of her tight young body pushing any guilt aside. "Come in," I said.Leanne followed me into my front room, and. You were never supposed to know.’ ‘I’m not angry!’ Lee promised. ‘I’m…I guess, amused, really. But mostly curious. Why would you do a thing like that?’ ‘Lee, there’s something you obviously don’t know about me. Your parents didn’t either, when they hired me, but the friends who recommended me to them did.’ She turned and went to the kitchen. ‘Want some eggnog? I’ll tell you all about it.’ ‘Um…yeah, sure! Mom and Dad are having that at their party, but it’s spiked.’ ‘Oh, mine will be, too,’. ’ Reuben said. ‘You have a very attractive figure, it seemed a pity to hide it.’ ‘But this is cut too low, it’s, well it’s slutty.’ ‘Madam, trust me it is not, as you so colourfully put it, slutty at all, it shows just enough to be interesting to the right person but not enough to appeal to the wrong person. If you don’t like it I’ll not be offended.’ ‘No, I didn’t mean to offend you.’ She looked more closely at her reflection in the mirror. ‘You’re right, it’s nice, thank you.’ In her cabin. I expect to see the two of you back here about this time tomorrow, then." Good. If you want, I can leave some small firewood pieces here in easy reach so you can keep this little fire going." No. I'd worry the wind might come up in the canyon, and it would get out of hand. I'll be fine. These wool blankets are good. They remind me of good woven blankets I had once, in the desert. You've done all you can for me, so you'd best douse that fire now, and get down to Jim's."It was five miles down to.