I left Caltort and Jagbac getting things ready and headed back to the ranch.Jortah had things rocking along in the training pen when I reached it. The...re was a mare in the chute and they were babying her into submission. The four wild stallions were bunched up together away from most everything else but I figured they could just wait until the rest were in the fold, so to speak.With nothing much needed out of me right now, I took a halter and lariat and headed for one of the mares that hadn't. " No I didn't. Please, no. "Yes, Aunty Helen."Soon I had my ears pierced in three places on each ear, with a pearl,red jeweled heart, and diamond stud filling the holes. I also hadmatching necklaces, and another pink jeweled heart earring necklace setas well. She also got some dangling red jeweled heart and pink jeweledheart earrings as well. These had three jeweled hearts connected to eachother, one on top of the other. They matched the necklaces as well.Then we were in Veronica's Secrets and. Then he said goodbye , and that he’ll be watching over me.’ he said it all with a very calm voice. Those words hit a nerve on her and she thought for a while, but then she decided it was time to tell him the truth. She had almost lost him and she didn’t knew why but bringing the truth out would probably clear things up. So she closed her eyes and swallowed dry, and when she opened them said, ‘Look soon, I’ve got something I need to tell you’ she paused to gather strength to break the seal of. Sondra had been offered plum assignments and a paid leave of absence if she (or Liz) thought it necessary to have a physician with me fulltime. She had been asked to deliver a lecture to the incoming class of residents – something she had wanted to do previously. In the past, those assignments had gone to the department heads and the rainmakers (people that had brought in funding for hospital projects by cozying up to somebody wealthy).Sondra had turned down all overtures and had mentioned.