She nodded, blushing a bit. Linda and I both gave her a big hug. “Of course it’s alright” I said. “That was all a game started by your sister ...ere and the other girls. We will just tell them that you three are not going to be changing, and it would be just the six of us.” Holly at that time cleared her throat, and I looked into her eyes. “OK, the four of us then. Still not a problem, you all have fun.”During our first swap, Kimmie came up and took my hand. And finally during the second song she. ******************** Rafe Cassidy rode until midday when he found another stand of cottonwoods on the flat Estacado that stood out like a beacon and stopped to rest his horses, Bowie and Buddy. He’d been holding the horses at a slow lope for half an hour at a time for most of the morning then slowed to a walk for half an hour to rest the horses some. This little oasis didn’t have a pool of free standing water like the last one but the sand around a big rock was very wet. He used his metal. The side facing the mountain and ski slopes was generouslybuilt with glass. Through the windows, steam rose from a hot tub nestledinto the flagstone. Low rock walls sheltered the tub from the wind.As Lady P detected the aroma of coffee and a dinner (lasagna?), Bethstrode in from the common area."Hi guys!" she exclaimed. "I thought I heard voices. I've got coffeebrewing and Heather will have her famous lasagna ready to serve in aboutan hour. Why don't you ladies come with me? Rick, you can. It was the summer she'd turned fourteen.Her father was too busy that year to take any time off so her mother made arrangements to rent a cottage. At least she and little Elizabeth could get away from the city. Elizabeth recalled being overjoyed when her mom told her that she'd invited her aunt and cousin to join them. She really liked Aunt Margaret, who was her father's sister, but more importantly she was bringing Virginia, her older cousin. Ginny is two years older and Elizabeth had always.