. persuaded to tell you all I know." Rae pushed in front of me and showed some life for the first time since the beginning of the semester."We're just...here to... well, you see, my friend and I..." The woman stared at her and licked her lip slowly, and Rae faltered. The woman leant forwards and reached out for her, but Rae stepped back beside me again. The woman didn't look worried though, and instead crooked her finger at me. I stepped towards her slowly and she leant back as I got closer.. “I’ll do my best.” Sharon and Dave didn’t hear us.We returned to our mutual site and sat down. Sharon got her brochures and maps for us to plan in detail our time at Yellowstone. Misty and I let her speak with her plans becoming more detailed as she reviewed each day’s route with us. We had food but decided to eat out. Sharon’s research had found some interesting places in Cook City just up the road from our RV park. We mapped out day trips planning lunch out each day. We would breakfast each. For several minutes he did nothing more than hold her.“I love you,” Michael whispered.“I love you too,” Maria said huskily and then paused. “I mean he’s Kyle’s dad. How can my mom do that with him?”“Ghnnnn...” Michael groaned in frustration as he bashed his head against the pillow.Living Area, Pride RoomWhile Michael and Maria remained in bed, along with Max and Liz, the other four were up and about in the main area of their tower home. Kyle was sitting in front of the TV, watching his morning. It got me thinking about what Joe Teini was doing. For some reason, he wanted to buy up land in Albany County. Dad and Uncle Angus weren’t the only ones he’d made offers to. Now he was running for sheriff. If he was the other time traveler the old prospector had warned me about, as I’d begun to suspect, was his real goal simply to buy the county? It seemed like there was something else to it, but I couldn’t make the connection. The prospector had said it was simple greed, but that just wasn’t.