Brandy told me you asked if we could watch!”“I was teasing, but Isabel said she would love it if we watched her and Martine.”“How else are the... in a bind?”“Jimi and Martine need to find a part time job so they can have spending money.”“I’ll call Charlie tomorrow. He’ll know where they can find work.”“I knew you’d help. You’re my brother and I love you.”“You’re my sister and I love you, Bonnie,” I told her just as the two waitresses came back for us to sign the receipts.“Give each of them a paid. "Wasn't no getting around it though." What do you think they'll do now," I asked Angie."It depends. If my pa has his way, they'll probably try to ambush us while we're riding out checking on the herd. If his brother, Mose, gets his way, they'll probably attack the ranch. Their other brothers just kind of go along with Mose or pa." Maddie says they have a lot of hired men. Are they likely to follow your relatives if they attack us?" Probably so. Most of them came from the same area my family. She liked me to rub her scalp and run my fingers in her hair. She would murmur approval, then stop, and cry again. I cuddled her like Sharon, touching as much of her as I could until she dropped off to sleep. I don't think she had slept much in the past few days. After I was sure that she was asleep, I started back to my bed.She put her arm out and said, "Please stay."I resumed my position holding her, but I had to make adjustments. I had dozed, too, and had a major erection. I tried to put it. When I got done laughing, there were still tears running down my cheeks and my face was red. I went back and sat down at the table. Penny was looking at me strangely. The expression on Ed's face was as pure as the driven snow. It was as if he was waiting to be made the first living saint. Judy looked at me and I felt like an asshole. The expression on her face said it all. She was truly in a lot of emotional pain. She was teetering on the brink of cutting this asshole out of her life.