But she seemed a little sad as we curled up to sleep each time.Then suddenly it stopped. Three days went by and there were no overtures from my pet. W...th mixed feelings I finally said one morning, "Um, how come you don't wake me up any more?" Oh," she said glumly, then brightened and said, "You miss it?" Yeah, I miss it!" I miss it too." Then why did you stop?" Um, I don't know..." Why?" Could we do it a little differently?" Um, sure!" As long as I got to feel her touch I'd be. And I got it, it was just like they say, it was like a light bulb clicked on. “No, no sadly Jennifer is not with us anymore. I lost her in a car accident, quite a few years ago”, I told him.His face broke; I could see the sadness in his eyes as he looked at me. I knew he’d wanted to say something, but just didn’t know what. He then said, “I still have her picture”. Smiling I said, “That was a fun few days wasn’t it”; she really had a good time. She would have been pleased that you remembered. I had a slight headache, but it was down to a dull throb. I curried my little filly and praised her efforts while Belle set her up with a bucket of oats. Melosa was the only reason I’d finished as well as I had in the competition, with someone like Pedro Diaz riding her, she’d have won everything. Melosa seemed contented with her effort and happy about being spoiled by Belle and me.After we finished at the stables, Belle fell in step with me and walked me home. I expected Belle to drop me off. What had happened there? How had the blush left the rose so fast? Could it be that she only married me for my money? Marry the owner of the company and be set for life? I didn't know and I didn't care to fine out. I would verify that it was true and then she wouldn't know what hit her.The next evening I called home from San Francisco at my usual time and when Hillary answered the phone she sounded a little out of breath. I wasn't paying close attention to what she was saying because I was.