“Damn,” he exclaimed slamming his hand flat onto his desk. “You know, you are one of the most natural receivers I’ve seen. You block well off ...he line and block down field. Your best position is tight end, but so far you have done well every place we’ve put you. You’re just a damn good football player. I could really use you this year. You know, when I was penciling in starters from my scholarship kids, I kept putting you in. That’s why the total kept coming up wrong. Well it’s your call. I. I was never going to be the new Sam Fox, or the next Maria Whittaker ... Jordan and Jo Guest were the big names, I was probably about ten years too late with my kind of body! And once everything sort of clicked together, I just stopped ... Went off and got a regular job – a regular life...”“I haven’t had done a topless shoot since I was 23 – so that’s officially half a life ago ... I can go anywhere now without being recognised! I was never that famous that my face stuck with anyone ... My. After they had crossed the low water crossing, Tom looked over at Cal.“Let’s kick em up a bit, I’d like to stop in and tell the Ehrlichmann’s that we’re heading out, and that the worry with the cattlemen is over.”The five riders rode west at a hard gallop for over an hour before they slowed again to a walk.“Tom, how’d you ever train your horse to ride without a bridle like that?” Ray Hanks asked.“I reckon it just came about that way Ray, he never did like the bit and the Sioux showed me how to. The cook had a sumptuous dinner on the table by the time we got in the door and satisfactorily hugged, kissed, squeezed, and hugged again. Over BBQ spare ribs and all the fixings, we gabbed for hours and hours. I kept saying, "I missed you all SO MUCH!" It just kept coming out until I had them saying it, too.Colleen had been out to Monaco to spend a few days and handle the yacht purchase, making Rebecca and Beth Ann the neediest. Beth Ann had been distracted going back and forth to see Brian on.