When I went outside she was sitting down at a table with a couple of men in bathing suits. They were talking and laughing. I sat down and a waiter ca...me over with a drink for me. I took a taste and she had ordered my favourite drink. I was relaxed and in heaven, dressed and shaved and in the sun. I listened to their small talk and after several more drinks, I was feeling great. I was becoming very relaxed and the guy next to me seemed cute. I have no idea where that came from but he seemed. “Miranda, would you help Sissy get the girls back there and get them bathed?”“I will, but first we’re going to get your gunshot wound washed with alcohol and dressed in clean bandages,” she told him when Don brought his box of medical supplies from the chuck wagon.“Then I guess I better go get washed up some too, before you start doctor’n on me too much,” Eli said as he pulled out a clean set of buckskins.Eli stood knee deep in one end of the long watering trough, while the boys bathed and. " She had managed to drop her rather common way ofinflexion in favour of my soft, slightly higher pitched, smooth voice."We decided to cut it short," said "my" father, "Looks like just intime. What, were you planning to dye each other's hair?" Er, no. Yes." I said. "We were thinking about it but we didn't." Itwasn't something stuck in my throat. My voice sounded deeper all of asudden. I did my best to imitate Tina's accent and found itsurprisingly easy. "Sorry about the mess... Dad." That's. " Jess was smiling when she said it and she was glad to see Sarah smiling too through her tears. "We don't want any passing boys seeing you in your underwear. You know what they can be like. Whistling and cheering. The little devils"."I'm really sorry Miss Collins. I completely forgot to bring my shorts to school this morning, but I so love playing hockey, and I didn't want to sit the lesson out", said Sarah in her soft voice."Don't worry now, but in future, - no shorts, no hockey. Clear?" said.