Dillon and Emma didn’t flaunt their relationship publicly. The only time they went out together in town was shopping at the mercantile or other busi...esses for the boarding house. He made a point of not holding her hand or taking her arm, other than to help her up or down off the wooden sidewalks or into a wagon. Dillon was sort of the draft horse, carrying the packages back for Emma. The two ‘friends’ took rides out into the surrounding country side several times, sometimes on horses and. Anita, what about you?' Anita jumped to her feet.'I'll go and get something for myself, and phone my mum and the kids, and when I get back you can go off. Who's going to do breakfast?''I'll do that, ' I said, 'and finish up stuff for Miguel: he'll be back on Wednesday and I'll have to tell him some of this, and I'll need some help on what to say. But once the spreadsheet's updated I'm turning the ant in me off.' I settled at the computer again. Truth to tell there wasn't a lot to do, but I. Barbara Johnson had reason to know I was serious about protecting women. If Roxanna was worried about working with Sheila, we could deal with it, even if it meant moving her somewhere else. It was best to do it now, rather than give it a week to fester.Helen was her usual efficient self. When I returned to my desk, there was a stack of related material waiting. Next to the stack was an unrelated issue, which I used to occupy my mind for the next hour. Then I returned to Roxanna's desk. Under. ”We got into the camper and shed our outer clothes and climbed into our respective bunks in our boxers. I expected to hear Red’s snoring soon, but I didn’t.What I did hear was him sniffing. When he sniffed again, I asked, “Did you catch a cold, buddy?”“Nah,” he said as he got up and grabbed a handful of tissue from the ‘bathroom’ and climbed back under the covers. He sat there and blew the snot out. Then I saw him swipe at his eyes. We had turned out our lights but the security lamps (required.