"He would have come right to me if you hadn't blundered by," the girl said with a sideways glance. "Can you help me carry him up? I've already taken c...re of the difficult parts."Jorgarn tried his best to be silent as he walked down the hill but the girl beside him almost glided. He was impressed with her woodcraft – and a bit dismayed that his had slipped so badly."You lug the buck, I'll watch for wolves," the girl said. "No need to try to impress me now with your stealth."Jorgarn chuckled at. "Edie said tenderly as she stroked Claire's tear stained face, "Not so dark. Bring it out in the light and you'll find it's not so big or as awful as you've talked yourself into thinking it is." In just the few days when Edie stayed with us at the Nashville home, she'd formed a strong bond with Ellen and Claire. I was already thinking of trying to add Edie to our growing family.After more sniffling, Claire started her story. "I wasn't always Claire Whitman; I changed my name from Cheryl Zaret,. But somehow, she knew that this car was different.“We’re raising money,” Toni said demurely, surprised by how shy she suddenly felt. “For, uh...”“For charity?” he asked with a grin, flashing his white teeth, somehow managing to give Toni the giggles with his simple question.He was attractive - far more attractive than she’d realized at first. And that combined with the way she’d been lusting after Mark for the past few hours meant that she was abruptly feeling very giggly indeed.“That’s right,”. His hands tightened on my wrists; it made the throbbing more intense.He broke the kiss and smiled at my flush. “I waited eleven years for that.”So had I, it turned out.“Are you going to slap me if I let go of you?” he teased.“I should.”He released me. My hands fell to my side.“Stay,” he urged without a touch of amusement.I didn’t answer; hope bloomed behind his eyes.“Say yes, Little Rabbit,” he whispered.My body was still on fire from the kiss. I wanted more.“One. Little. Word,” he.