" I said it really quietly, so only she could hear me. "I shouldn't have told your parents that I'd stay away from you. Do you ever think about me?"Sh...e sat there, acting like nothing had happened, but she had a tiny smile on her face, and her neck was a little pink. I knew she had heard me. For the rest of that period, we played the little peek-a-boo game. I'd look at her, until she caught me looking, and then I would look down at my desk. Whenever I looked up again, she'd be looking at me.. Freedom!"She hesitated and then quickly untied the knots between my hands as one of the cutthroats came into the barn, his musket held loosely in both hands."What 'chu doing over there? I needs me a good sucking," the man said, coming almost close enough to reach while I wriggled my wrists loose of the looped rope.The girl backed up to stand at my elbow. "We was jus' takin'," she said. "Let's go back in that stall yonder, Jimmy."I grabbed the back of his collar as he walked past, musket in one. How your labia parted to let it go. Damn, that was amazing." No, sweetie, you're amazing. Thank you for hiring me." I guess I owe you double now." You don't owe me anything at all," Grace answered and licked her fingers. Then she climbed up next to me and we lay naked in each other's arms with our eyes closed. We hurriedly opened them though when we heard the slide of a room key in the door.I covered Grace with the blanket and leaned up to conceal her body with mine. Grace whispered in my ear,. "You raced those dogs last weekend?" I finished for Daddy, after he got sick," the little girl confirmed."Well, you proved you know how to handle a dog team," Mears smiled. If it's all right with your Daddy, it's all right with me." How about the three-dog race?" Mike said. Agreeing to have Tiffany finish for him last weekend had come at a point of near-delerium, but she'd done so well that he couldn't deny her the chance. Maybe with three dogs, she couldn't get into as much trouble."That'd be.