"Kelly looked puzzled. "Hair?"Mindy reached into the closet and pulled out a plastic container. "We'regoing to for the big hair look tonight with ho... rollers."Kelly grinned as she put the dress back on the hanger. "Look out boys, thegirls are going all out!"Kelly and Mindy spent the rest of the afternoon playing with hair andclothing. It was almost like being in a movie, thought Kelly. She feltlike she was an actor in costume and makeup.Saturday, Brian James Kelly did not rise early to. "But I want to. It's kind of like a vacation," I laughed, hoping the boy would at least smile, but he didn't."That sucks," he frowned."When I get back, I swear. We'll go out, okay?" We were just about at the end of the counter."You mean it?" Little Steve looked at me like I might have been lying and that bothered me a lot."Yeah, I do. Cross my heart," I made a little X over my left breast. "Okay?" Yeah," Steve nodded and finally did smile.I felt a little relived then because I just didn't need. I agreed with him, knowing it held true even in the 21st century.“So, what are your plans now?” he asked in a more animated voice.“Well, before I left Santa Fe I filed and registered a homestead claim on a section of land along both sides of the river near the Robledo Mountains. I figure to build a one room adobe house and a corral to show the improvements I’m required to make, and then I figured I’d explore a little before heading north for a few years to earn some more money. Regardless, I. If I thought you were abusing them I would, I would, I don't what I would do, but you would be sorry."I held my hands up defensively, "Oh, Prissy, I wouldn't hurt any of the three of these ladies. If you know Caroline and Shirley, you know they're a little bossy and headstrong. I've just been happily going along with them. Ask them, they'll tell you, I've tried to be a gentleman with them." Okay, Mark Robins, you'd better. I love those girls like they were my own. I know they are a little wild.