"Margaret," David now spoke again, addressing my wife. "Before God's altar you promised chastity and purity, you promised faithfulness towards your hu...sband Robert, do you now freely renounce those vows?"Margaret went to speak but in her extreme excitement the words could hardly be heard even by David standing right before her. She took a deep breath and then in a pure and sweet voice, uttered the words "I DO." And do you Margaret," David continued, smiling lecherously at her as he spoke, "Do. Henry Richards was standing on the veranda with a dozen of his men when Jason's entourage rode up.As his greeting, Richards snarled out, "What the hell do ya want, you bastard?" I'm here to tell you the facts of life, Richards. Either you and your friends call off this stupid range war, or I will go on the offensive. I must warn you that I have had a hell of a lot of Army cavalry experience, so you will be in for a big hurt. So far, I know that the Circle R, the Rocking J, and the Bar B Bar are. There he was immediately shocked by how easily Ipicked up on things, but it filled his breast with pride. In additionto the target practice, and getting used to the strength of my new bodyit also allowed me to memorize the code to father's gun safe.By the end of all this I was sure that I'd be ready the instant thekiller revealed himself... But you can never truly be prepared to meetthe face of evil.Over spring break, having grown comfortable in a bikini I'd beenenjoying my time on the Rio. (They had decided that each boy's feminine namewould be preceded by the title, 'Sissy'.) From this point on, everyonein the town of Cherry Tree (including his mother), would refer to him as'sissy Jamie'. The girls were not only merciless in their criticism butquite dictatorial in their demands and treatment of Jamie.---It obviously did wonders for the girl's confidence, and was giving themreal experience in dealing with males on a more than equal footing.Seeing this, the mothers did absolutely.