Necesito a alquien que sepa manejarse en un vinado, sabra usted de alguien bueno?" Good Day, Señor Flores. I'm in need of a man who knows his way aro...und a vineyard. You know anyone like that?Effy felt his face break out in a smile, this man who was so obviously a rancher spoke Spanish with a drawl Effy recognized. "You from Texas?"The older guy who'd called him nodded, laughter in his eyes. "Yah, my accent, huh? Sounds like Chihuahua, I guess. Sold forty-five thousand acres in Sterling County. Thanks, hon."Peggy wasn't surprised to find Kenny at her door later that afternoon. After all, the boy still had to earn some money. But she was surprised at the pain in his voice."Can we talk?" he asked plaintively."Maybe we'd better," Peggy answered dully. "Come on in."By then, Peggy had thrown on an old sweat suit. They sat down in the kitchen, and Kenny took a deep breath."I wanted to say how sorry I am," Kenny said. "It was a really stupid thing to do." That's right," Peggy said, "it was.. "How dare you make demands like this."Monique walked over to Veronica's entertainment unit and inserted the tape, then pushed the play button. Then she returned next to Veronica's bed and sat next to her."Just do not say anything Miss," she told her mistress. "Just lay back and watch."Veronica lay back, stunned, at Monique's audacious attitude towards her. Never in her life had anybody treated her with such disrespect.'I'll have to get Daddy to fire her, ' she thought selfishly.When she turned. She was now regretting this bitterly, and was exercising the full extent of her soldier's vocabulary. Now that I was listening more closely, a certain phrase did tend to repeat itself."Damnit, I about froze my tits off" she said a few minutes later after she nearly ran back towards our bedroll and flung herself as tight against me as she could manage. Any previous lingering feelings of warm I had once felt were now quite gone, and I began to shiver with her until she started to finally warm up.