..” she began, tentatively, “would you like to call me Gwen? I’ve been thinking about what you said. I’d like to think you were calling me ‘...eautiful’ every time you said my name. But, just you, for now.”“Yes, I would, because you are. But as long as you’ll forgive me calling you Wendy from time to time – it’s a habit that could be hard to break.”“And ... I hate to break the mood, but ... what I’d like to do would be a lot more enjoyable if we cleaned our teeth and, um, relieved ourselves. ”“It’s the natural way of things. Think about it, would we be attracted to a woman if they were ugly and uninteresting? Would women be attracted to a man if he were like that? I think not.” Oh, now I get it! We’re unconsciously looking for a mate! That explains a lot, really. How come you know this stuff?”“I read a lot. That and I just like knowing what makes people tick. I strongly advise you to do the same. You never know when it may come in handy.” Little did I guess how prophetic those. Mr. Brentwood died in the spring and we buried him. His grandson James is part of our company.Our train was poor, we even allowed some Mormon Immigrants to join us. Ma and some of our women had struck up a conversation with these fine Mormon folk. Most folks despised the Mormon's but Mom saw them as just people trying to get West like us. Mother heads up our family of Jennie and me, Caleb. My aunt's Clarice joined us with her daughter Donna and aunt Cassandra and her three daughters, Kathy,. " Mandy reached across the aisle to touch her lover's hand.As the other two women were digesting this, Josh piped up. "I would say that Greg was the lucky one, having not one but two beautiful women."Trying to keep things on a light note, Mandy quipped back. "Why thank you kind sir."Hillary gave a tentative grin as she looked between them both. "Would you think that maybe Greg would like to have one more female in his bed, just on a temporary basis?"She was closer to Mandy so she reached out.