"hi dadd?daddy" he replied. It had been years since he had called his father "daddy". It felt more natural to him now. "well? You wanna try it on hon...ey?" "Try what on mom?" he asked looking puzzled at Mary. "Your dress silly, it's back from the alteration shop." "oh?" "let's go upstairs, it's in your room on the bed." Nervously he made his way upstairs, led by his mother's hand as she guided him into the room. This had been his boyhood sanctuary. As the door crept open, he noticed the cream. As they rode, with Ben in the lead, all three fretted about what they would find once they reached the trading post. It didn’t bode well for anyone, knowing that the raiders’ compatriots were holed up at the place.At the fork in the trail Ben brought everyone to a halt so that he could check for fresh sign. The chance was that Blossom and Cecily’s family might not have passed the forks as of yet. They were travelling in a farm wagon and it wasn’t the fastest of conveyances. It was also possible. Um..do you live here by yourself?”“Yes” I said , to which she said “Oh..that’s nice” she said, walking down the hall towards my bedroom, I followed and said “So, do you live nearby?”Louanne answered “Yeah, I live with my uncle Hank across the street..” she glanced about my bedroom as I followed in behind her, there wasn’t much save for the queen sized bed which she sat on, she looked at me, her eyes met mine and little else needed to be said.I walked over to her and sat beside her, leaning over. I was a linebacker. I was point guard on the basketball team — Chaz was a forward but had the ball handling and shooting skills of a guard. We were both all state as sophomores and juniors. I had been dating this girl, Patty that went to Southeast. She was every high school boy's wet dream. She was sultry before either Chaz or I had any idea what the word meant.We had dated four or five times and we had arrived at the light petting stage. I was deeply in love! That year, both East and North had.