Yep, it was him. This was going to be a meeting that she wanted and didn’t want. Talk about catch-22’s. The initial ten-grand the man had gotten o...ut of her had just been the beginning. Shit!It was three minutes per the clock on the mantle before he pushed the buzzer. She buzzed him in. He took a seat on the smallish gray sofa across from where Marian Carton stood.“Yes, do have a seat, Mister Carton. And what’s the excuse this time/” she said.“Honey, you helped me out of a jam. I tried to make. She fought the urge to sit down before taking off the bikini, but her newfound resolve was still present, and instead she found herself reaching behind her back to undo the clasps of her top. She let it slide over her shoulders before pulling it off completely and tossing it on the blanket. “There you go,” encouraged Jen, “now let’s see the bush!” “Relax, you exhibitionist, she’ll take them off in second,” defended Kelly. Frowning at Jen, and validating Kelly’s comment, with her back to the. Over all, it was a pretty boring stake out that Jed and Tom were on; they couldn't be sure, but they really didn't expect Al until sometime late the next day.Tom made a camp and cooked some supper before dark so that they would not show a campfire after dark. There was a steady breeze blowing away from the rustlers' camp which meant that there was little danger of their smoke being detected. They ate supper and took their coffee pot back with them as they resumed their watch over the outlaw. I came around to her side of the table got down on my knees, both of them, and put the ring on her finger.“This is gonna be the beginning of something beautiful,” I said. “I need you Roz, and I want you real bad.”“I want and need you too, cowboy,” she said.“Let’s eat and then go out. Okay?” I said.“You got it,” she said.She gave me a quizzical look.“Honey, we gonna invite any of your long lost family?” she said. I hadn’t thought about that. But now I did.“Before, I would have said no. But now?.