...we became very close and I began to develop a major crush on Mrs. Silva. Everything she said and did intrigued me. I thought about her all the time... My meetings with Mrs. Silva got very heated. After school I’d just go right over to her house and we would have sex for about an hour and often late at night before going to bed. My parents weren’t home, sometimes I’d spend the night at her house. No one asked what I was doing or where I was going, no one was home. I would just drive right to. It got to be time for the trip to Eden. Naomi had gotten together with the others and convinced me to take her with me.Since I was taking her with me, I decided to take some of our extra horses to town to sell them for a bit of extra money. I took all six of the geldings. We hitched up Sis and Rocky to Nita's wagon and I rode Bob. Naomi took her revolver and her rifle. I took my shotgun and my revolver.We pushed as hard as possible, but it took two days longer to reach Eden than when I was by. "If you're ready to settle down you could always move in with us. Our cave has hot and cold running water, plenty of food, and quite a few people already - over a hundred in fact. I'm the leader, but I'm not real bossy except for no hitting the women 'cept for a spanking if one really needs it." Are you sure you have enough room and food?" The shelf I was talking about is a sort of mid level plateau and it runs twenty miles or so about half way between the river valley and the upper plateau.. Seeing it will be good for you. It will underline what you've lost and what you can never hope to get back. You're a sixty-seven year old woman now and the quicker you accept your altered status the sooner you'll be able to move on and find happiness in your new life." That's not it," I said. "I wanted to know why I couldn't tell Cate what had happened, not even when I was alone with her in here." Ah that," she said, absent-mindedly scratching her crotch. "That's because as well as switching us.