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"I always have time for you" She yearned to reach out and touch his ar on?"

Gray Cloud stared at the cottonwood "It is an's knees buckled and it felt as if she had been punched in the stomach Clay Jackson appeared in her mind as clearly as if he stood in front of her He wore his long, black hair in a ponytail tied with a red leather cord Dark eyes lured wo with sweat made it difficult to re bucked off a horse and she returned her focus to Gray Cloud "Why does Clay worry you?" she asked, the naue

"It is not Clay It is his brother, Colby"

"Clay has a brother?" she stuttered, shocked by the news "This is the first I've ever heard of hiency, while disregarding his heritage and family He refuses to visit, and phone calls and letters are rare and brief I cannot begin to describe the burden my wife carries in her heart Her life revolves around family; like the earth needs the sun randchildren Without family what does one have?" He paused for aon a reflective state

"For years I let randson live his life his ith the belief he would one day return to us," Gray Cloud said He looked into the sky "The wind is blowing right for his arrival Yet I fear he has forgotten how to read the wind"

As Gray Cloud talked, Megan's heart twitched Lyricis in her soul Only this tune she did not recognize "Why did Colby leave and where do his parents live?" she asked

"My grandson finds our heritage too lihter and son-in-law o for better job opportunities We do talk, but have not seen them in years My wife and I are too old to travel, and they are too busy What a crazy world we have created" He shook his head as his gaze returned to the tree He ran his crooked fingers over it, touching each groove Minutes passed before he spoke "Thank you for listening, ish stride and hunched shoulders showed he carried many burdens