He wasn't gonna try and borrow money neither, that never went too far. "I'll put up the roan for collateral, how about that?" Collateral?" Tex grinned...at him."I ain't no banker," I said with a shake of my head."Come on, Cali. We done it before, everybody has." Bucky looked me in the face and that was the truth. What he was looking for was a promise that I'd sell the horse back to him later for however much it covered in the pot."Just sell the damn horse." Slim laughed. "Put it in the pot." How. I just wanted to please you, the book said guys loved it, I don't know if I did it right." You did it perfectly as far as I am concerned. I love you for trying that hard to please me. In fact I think I just love you Bridget." Oh! Please don't say that if you don't mean it." Hey, I will never tell you anything I don't mean. I know I have overwhelming feelings of joy and yet tenderness toward you. I don't remember ever feeling like that before. God, I want to protect and nurture you. I want to. Go safely." She lifted her face to him for a kiss; a kiss which was discreet enough, but clearly a lot more than a peck. Then they separated and I showed Robert out of the house.When I returned to the kitchen, Teri and Sian were embracing. "I'm for bed," I said, and left them to it.Teri appeared not too much later; I'd barely finished in the bathroom and was in the process of stripping for bed. She, too, spent time in the bathroom and flicked the bedroom light out when she came back. She slid. He stopped, stepped out of the line of people that was headingtowards the exit and turned around and headed back towards the familiarvoice.It was Angela. She was in front of a hallway that had the words 'SALON'over it. She was waving Jordan over.Jordan continued his approach towards her with confusion."Why was Angela here?" he thought and as he continued towards her, henoticed that she wasn't standing alone.Right next to her stood an African American woman with short hair. Shewas tall and thin.