"Did anyone think to call Mickey before we left?"Answering for the woman she now refereed to as her Aunt Jean, Gabriella said, "Yes. I did." Good." Ka...en was relieved. "I know he wants to be there..."***Women have their whole life to come to terms with the ordeal involved in childbirth. Karen, owing to the fact that she had been a man until something a little under eight months prior, was nowhere near mentally prepared for what she was about to undergo. To say that she was scared would have. I was a grown man and at least some part of Stephanie Mahoney found me attractive. The next morning I arrived at the dock and waited near the sidewalk for the women to arrive. I saw them and realized Diane was not in the group. I said hello to them and exchanged another brief hug with Stephanie. We walked up to the booth and I bought the tickets for the ferry. They protested a bit, but I could tell they liked having someone fussing over them. The boat ride over was fun as we sat on top with. "Beth Ann you are the sexiest, sweetest, most beautiful woman I've ever known. You are truly my first great love, and I feel like its all ending, so be ready for some bad thing to take me away from you, but know I'll find a way back, if the universe puts me in someone else."No matter what I have to do, where I have to go, or who I have to become, I'll come back to you if it's possible."We cuddled for a little while longer, and she went off to see how the babies were doing, leaving me alone to. The second time it was the biggest damn bear I’d ever seen. My first shot only riled him up. When he stood on his hind legs and roared, he was two feet taller than I was. It took four more shots to the head to bring him down. Once he was down, I fired an insurance shot into his head with my Enfield to guarantee that he was completely dead before I approached.After killing the elk on the mesa, I began taking a block and tackle and lots of rope with me. Hanging the bear from a very stout limb was.