’ ‘There’s not one thing wrong with my mind, Pop,’ he sighed as he dropped back to the bed. ‘It’s my heart.’ *** ‘Hey, girrrl,’ Jess... drew out the last word as she sat down at the kitchen table next to Joanne. She thumped down a plain paper bag next to Jo’s papers. ‘Gary just backed out of going to the club. He said I should talk to you. What happened?’ The tone had been more what did you do than what’s wrong with him. ‘Nothing,’ she looked up from her textbook. ‘He’s got to go back home.. They approached me for legal advice." I don't think what we're doing is illegal yet," I jested."Of course it isn't. They were asking about voluntary agreements." What's that?" The state of marriage puts in place a legal framework to protect both parties in the event of death or separation. It's not legally possible to marry more than one person in this country so a third person is not automatically entitled to anything in the event of dissolution of the relationship."It's possible to override. "No." Sometimes, the way to punish someone is to give them what they want -- in a way that they don't want it. Your momma and I are going to practice making babies -- right here, in front of you, so you can see it. Momma is going to be VERY embarrassed -- which is her punishment. Does that make sense?"Alan frowned, but he nodded. I turned to Bridgette and said, "Get naked." But..."I grabbed her by the wrist and went eyeball to eyeball with her. "Are we taking this to the next level?"Bridgette. Dustin her boss the foreman at the ranch who she had been working alongside for two years since she was but 18 and had come there looking for a job. Her parents had both died in the flooding that had seized the valley two years earlier and she had decided she had enough of state foster care. They cut her loose on her 18th birthday leaving her with a small stipend, some references and to fend for herself.So her searching had led her to this ranch where at first Dustin had looked down at the.