"Your bro, Mikewould scare the shit out of most of the dude's you would prefer, rightout of their panties, once they got over fantasying about him,"Gr...mly laughing, Morgan had to agree and dropped the subject,----------------------Joanne stared at Natalie as the gurl finished his tale about her lifeand her long time relationship with Bert and Megan."So, your benefactor, Bert Mortensen and his wife Megan have sheltered,financed and educated you for all of the years since you left highschool?". " After exiting the house, Aengus started toward his bedraggled looking horse standing there in the rain."You won't need the horse," I told him. "Just move over here near us, and I'll transfer all of us to your Manor." He looked shocked at my words, and at the fact that he could now see that the rain wasn't hitting us, but was being deflected away from us by my wards. He approached us very cautiously, but didn't get too close. As soon as he was near enough, I added the accumulated Magic from. "It feels right, Jase. It feels like this is the way it should be."I had to agree. When we got out of the wagon, Caleb was waiting for us. "How would you folks like your own wagon?" he asked."That'd be nice, Caleb," I said and looked at Millie. She nodded and smiled."Well, I was thinking. Ab says there's a place in town where we could buy bows like hold up the cover on our wagons. He says the guy also has sail cloth for a covering. If we could put a cover on the farm wagon, it'd be just about. "I'm going to change my mind now, Mama. I think I'll do what you suggested before. I feel a little better about things now, Thank you." You're welcome, dear. My father used to love to discuss his market triumphs at the dinner table. He had so many of them too. His losses were a different case altogether, and he never spoke of those. In fact, I believe tonight is the first time a family member ever brought up having to face the prospect of taking a loss in the market. That was very brave of you,.