As the captain's words replayed in her head, Cindy felt a shiver.It was a quiet watch. The cows and the bulls in the small ranch even watched her watc...ing them."Let's find the other cowboys, Buttercup," Cindy gave her pony a few gentle pats.Well, Cindy better be off like the captain ordered her. Cindy rode her nimble pony into the High Desert. It was time for her to cut dirt! So, this hearted lass was sent riding through the moral desert on a hot and humid mid-afternoon. She carefully wiped the. When she finished she handed me the wire-rimglasses and I slipped them on. Kate got a very big smileand said, "You look so nice."I went to turn and look in a mirror, but Kate caught me andsaid, "Can you wait until you're dressed?" I'll try," I said."Come on over to the bed and get dressed."I walked over to the bed, but it was hard not looking in amirror. Kate had laid everything out on the bed. Shehanded me a bra and I slipped it on. As she helped me stuffthe cups with nylons, Kate said,. “Not diapers!”“Careful, Amy,” Katy laughed. “This one is a real pistol!”“Which of my kids isn’t?” I asked.“How’s Jesse doing?”“He’s in Kindergarten,” I said.“I’m getting OLD,” Katy groaned. “Is Bethany all settled?”“In the house,” I said, “but work is going to take months, I suspect. She’s doing everything herself at the moment. I need to put the arm on a few more lawyer or doctor friends for donations so she can at least hire a part-time counselor to help her.”“She’s doing that much?”“It’s not. " He instructs.I hiss this command, I really don't want to lose my only weapon on this planet. "It is nothing." I lie, "Just a pretty." My hands go to finger the chain. I have not taken it off in the last week. and the last time I trusted the world to be sane I got kidnapped. I will not be caught without it again."Do it girl." He almost sounds frightened. He starts to draw the trigger back again. "Or I will shoot you where you stand." Very well." I sigh, as I start to undo the loop around my.