”When they had first spotted the new home being built from a distance, the Bucks rode their horses across the wide, shallow river to the east side a...d up the slope a ways to get a better look.The house looked just like the one at Pecan Ridge and the one Eli and his family lived in at Crow Ridge.“Come across the river and get a look at it from this side, Cecily,” Pike yelled.“That is so beautiful,” Samantha said as she rode up next to Ezra. “Will ours look just like it, Ezra?”“Just like it. Do. " In a flash she whipped her hands from his wrists back down to his ribs, and just pressed her fingers into him without moving, poised to tickle again if he refused her."Okay, okay, I give!" he gasped. "Just stop, please stop!" You sure?" she said, and gave him one last dig in his ribs."Yes, yes, I promise! God, you are such a sadist!"She put her head on his chest and remained lying on him for a few more seconds, panting, then got up onto the couch again. He pulled himself together and joined. Then she went on."Her name is Kari. She calls herself Kimmie too. She takes herself seriously. That invisible cloud over her pixie head is called reality. She can't play and have fun. It will be her downfall. The girls will start hating her for it. She is like the one sober guest at a drunken party."Alicia had watched the petite girl, who stared back with her big blue eyes. Then Sarah pulled her face back and cried out: "Never worry, sweetie, it's party time! So much fun to be had. Now kiss me,. "C'mon in, Mom," I call out. You open the door and stop and look me over for a minute. You're wearing your silk robe and you hair is still wet from your shower. You smile at me, clear your throat and begin to speak, "Baby, can I talk to you for a little while?" "Sure Mom, sit down," I say as I sit down on the bed. You sit next to me, place your hand on my thigh and say, "Baby, you're going off to college tomorrow and I really wanted to give you something to remember me by." "What's that.