Margaret knew the time of the buffalo had passed but the Indians refused to leave their timeless hunting grounds from the force of sheer habit. Their ...ay of life was changing rapidly, and they blamed the invasion of white settlers for their worsening conditions.She considered the possibility of moving along on her own, but she felt a bond of loyalty to the mountain man because he had been more than fair with her, and she liked him despite his advanced years and cranky ways. She coupled with him. The frustration of the whole thing seemed to take the air out of me. Renee had gone into the kitchen to get herself a beer as I sat and tried to calm myself and clear my head.For the next hour my daughter and I talked to each other, with me trying to make sense to her where she was going with her life. As wild as she was, I wanted so much for her to straighten herself out. No matter what, I had idolized this child for all these years (which was one of the reasons my wife was so frustrated with. "At the time I'd have willingly rung her neck," he said, "but she did apologise. We've heard nothing more about it and I don't bear her a grudge." There you are," cried Wendy. "It would give her the chance to make amends." Possibly but I'm not sure I want her sniffing round my house not that she'd find anything for tittle-tattle but I suspect she might be one of those sort of people who like things done her way and be critical of anyone else's." I reckon you're probably right, Bill," said. "I held her in my arms moving to the soft song. It was sweet, a love song about a couple that was going to make love for the first time. To tell you the truth, I thought about taking my sweet daughter.When the song was over I started to lay Linda on the bed, " Daddy, will you kiss me like I'm a woman?"I had a look of pain on my face, " Baby I can't kiss you like that your my daughter, I could get in so much trouble."A little tear ran down her face, " Just a little man and woman kiss," She stuck.