We had a pleasant half hour after we finished eating when six men came in to sight riding toward us at a fast lope. Amy took up her position inside th... house with the rifle and Arthur and I stood on the veranda to await developments. The men came pounding up to us and halted in such a way as to throw dust on us. I looked the apparent leader in the eye and laughed.This was intended to get him angry and it did. He yelled, "GIT YER STUPID ASSES OFFEN COL. PIKE'S PROPERTY AFORE WE BLOW 'EM. With Harry’s help the apartment was decorated with so many lovely things. A fine, tall tree loaded with ornaments and twinkling lights, poinsettias and garlands. Their home was lovely. Their home was love. There were so many presents under the tree. That was the year Ed had bought her the silver service. Where he found the money still remains a mystery and Roberta never asked. After all, this is a gift of love and should not have been defiled by questions. She remembered the grin on Ed’s face. “Trust me, my now naked little cowgirl,” she said still slightly laughing, “you will not fall off your horse today.”“That’s good,” Nicole said. But when she saw the broad smile on Annabelle’s face she added, “Isn’t it?”“We will see,” Annabelle said as she started to eat. “Or should I say, you will see?”After breakfast they went outside. Nicole was still skittish about being naked in public and moved behind Annabelle when she realized that Frank, the farm manager, was there. He was standing next. I invited Scott, Wes, Vanessa, and Anna out to The Meadows for dinner and play. To my surprise, Scott told me that Van and Anna were in L.A. working on a new porn film for one of the name studios. I bit my tongue and didn’t spill my own secret regarding taking them to Denmark with a few of the others in our group to do some European porn. I knew their girlfriends would get a big charge out of something like that.Instead, Scott and Wes came out for a barbecue that evening. Alice decided to hang.