That would be terrifying under other circumstances, but for some reason their mother was still more intimidating. “Or you’ll cut my balls off, rig...ht?” Jahn delivered the line without a hint of sarcasm to discourage any suspicion of mockery. “I do love her, yeah. With all my heart.” Donovan stared at him coldly for a moment then gave a short bark of a laugh. “You’ve been talking to Mary.” “Wouldn’t be where I am without her approval, sir.” “No, don’t s’pose you would. Mary’s a beautiful woman,. He wasn't laughing now, as he instantly knew that hewas meant to wear women's clothes forever.He was a small, pretty child, bullied at school and not liked by otherboys, not helped, of course by his long blond hair and gentle ways. Heonly played with girls and only those that didn't go in for rough andtumble, so he was very much in touch with his gentler side.His father had run off with his secretary two years before; so it wasjust, Michael, his mum and elder sister, Tricia living at home.Just. Jed reluctantly agreed, so he rented a buckboard for the short journey.Jed was prepared to escort mother and child to the ranch, but Mary insisted that she was quite capable of making the short trip on her own. After all, it was only a 2-hour trip by good road, and she had her pistol and shotgun along in case they met another cougar. Finally, he reluctantly agreed to let her make the trip without him, but he had a lot of reservations as he watched them leave that morning.Jed's day went pretty. Nevertheless, it was to be several minutes before Sally was ready to leave her place. She'd been doing the laundry and of course was not properly dressed as the wife of a young businessman, calling on the president of the bank. It had required time to change clothing and to freshen herself up a bit. She checked her watch nervously... ten o'clock. It was not likely that Ray would come up before noon and she could say she'd been shopping, if he missed her. God, if only this wasn't such a small.