I was only half paying attention to the conversations while I sipped my drink.Then she arrived.I saw her first because of my position at the table. He... golden blond hair, her striking bright blue eyes and her mouth. The way she moved as she walked towards our table. It was if she had never aged and had stayed frozen in time. She was even wearing a red silk dress that, except for the length and fullness of the skirt, was remarkably like what she wore that first time I laid eyes on her.Our eyes. She poured haphazardly, leaving two big spillson the coffee table."Sorry. I guess you'll have to wipe that up now," she said.I stared blankly, not understanding."Get a rag and clean up that mess now, I said."Her voice was forceful, direct and a little threatening. There was nodoubt she expected me to clean the spill. I started toward the kitchenfor a sponge."Hurry!" she almost shouted.I quickened my step. I thought I heard a small snicker and I know Ifelt her stare at my ass as I walked away. I. Or dropped to her knees and unzipped his tennis shorts. As soon as she got back to the room, Katy told her roommate that she needed to shower before dinner. She stripped and practically ran to the shower room, bringing herself off with soapy fingers in record time. Camp went in a twelve-day cycle. Kids arrived on Sunday afternoon, stayed through the following weekend, and left on Friday morning. That left Friday afternoon and Saturday to turn everything over and set up for the next batch of. When Meg had begun having periods mom had told her that was just something that happens to women but didn’t tell her what their significance was.Meg and I got back to the ranch right at sundown. We put away the livestock, went and had nice hot baths, and ate a nice supper mom had fixed. We told mom and my sisters that the summer range and cabin were in good shape and we could begin the gather tomorrow.As I headed off to bed for the night, I felt disappointment in my heart because Megan wouldn’t.