She was trying to understand this Jampu and her willingness to confess her adoration for Dani. Should not she wait until she knew her better? Jampu ...ad said that she knew of her affection for Dani immediately upon seeing her picture. Ridiculous she decided, but checked herself in mid thought when she remembered that the same thing had happened to her when she saw Shelly for the first time. She wanted to be angry with Jampu for disturbing the stability of her life with Shelly but could not do. Yes, one last gift from the woman I always loved.Valerie lasted a couple more months before passing away in her sleep in her bedroom in my house. She refused to go to the hospital saying she wanted to die with her loved ones. Her sons and families all came to see her before she died, including Mike and his new wife and kids. He looked truly happy and I was glad.Lisa never showed up, and Valerie told me not to let her in if she did. She called one night while I was working late. Cindy answered. "I was going to. I wasn't sure how things would go here, you know." That turned out not to be a problem," Mary said."Only whether she sleeps at your house or ours," Saul grinned."So far, I like being a commuter, like Mary and Ken." Actually, Tom." Heather said, "we just get along so well, her ideas are so much like mine, I got down on my knees and begged her to stay and start work immediately." I've seen you on your knees in front of a woman, Heather. That's not begging." Whatever. It worked,. “Near as I can add up on my tally sheet, we had eleven thousand, eight hundred and twenty-one head move through here at an average of eight hundred and fifty-two pounds each. Not a bad haul, I’d say. What do you think?”“I’d say that was a really good haul. You must own half the money in the world to pay that much out to Crow Lands Cattle Company.”“I’ll never have that kind of money, Eli. The packing company advanced me half the money before I left Tulsa. They’ll send the other half when the.