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“I don’t need a babysitter,” Will grumbled

“I wouldn’t be babysitting, just helping out,” Rose said “You can shohat to do”

“Can you ride a horse?” Will asked

“Sure” Rose had helped the Ortegas herd sheep on horseback, spending long days in the saddle

“If you can ride a horse, we can go to the canyon,” Beau piped up

Rose glanced at Bernice “Would that be all right?”

“If you don’t go too far It’s easy to get lost out there”

“We won’t get lost,” Will said “We’ll go to the canyon with the horse pictures I know the way”

“All right You can go after lunch But only if you get your chores done”

“Yay!” Beau clapped his hands

Will gave hiet our chores done first Jasper gave et it after we eat”

After breakfast, Rose waited in the great room with Beau while Will fetched the list The portrait of Susan, in blue silk and pearls, hung behind the the day Susan had pitched in to help her and Bull bathe the hed as smelly mud spattered her froraduated froh school, she looked like a princess But there’d been e Tyler than beauty No wonder Bull was desolate without her

“That’s my mom,” Beau said “I look at this picture every day It helps me remember her”

“I remember her, too,” Rose said “She was beautiful”

He looked surprised “Were you her friend?”