However, inexplicably, I changed as time went by. I don’t know from whence my transformation came, but as time went by, I changed. I evolved from a ...iend into what I am now. A halfway decent man with dark impulses, as opposed to a remorseless fiend with passing moments of fleeting humanity. This happened shortly after I reached adulthood. From then on, I began trying to make up for what I used to do, what I used to be. I wanted to repay society for my sins, even though I had never been accused. Horses were snorting and rearing below the front steps, their handlers calling out and trying to calm them. Each horse had a large saddle hung with heavy canvas bags. The four robed men mounted and took their reigns from the handlers. The Bey’s horse reared and he waved a final farewell to the three women and spurred his mount to an instant gallop out of the gated entry to the compound. The other riders followed his lead and, within seconds, all that remained was a cloud of dust. The women. ” After checking Shadow’s food and water, I checked Margarite and Jughead. Adding hay and water as needed.“That’s a right pretty appaloosa, Matt,” Paul observed.“Yeah, I picked Margarite up from an old Indian horse trainer in Nevada. She was trained up as a cutting horse. She’s about the best I seen around cattle.” I wanted to get a better feel for the area, so I changed the subject. “How do you like living way up here in the middle of nowhere.”“Better than the big city. Everyone hereabouts. She picked upa few supplies at the drugstore on the way out of the mall, made a call toher favorite Italian restaurant, and then left the mall.When she arrived home, she put the packages near the door, carried thefood into the dining room and he dished the food out onto the plates. "After dinner, I have a gift for you, but you have to do something to earnit. I know you will enjoy your gift," she teased.As they finished dinner, he asked, "So Helen, what do I have to do to earnthis gift?" Not.