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"I hope so, he'll give up sooner or later, when he doesn't find you. When the law doesn't find you." He told her as he handed her the cloth after wrapping her back several times.
"Then what happens?"
He tied the cotton in the back and turned away. "I don't know. I cannot foretell the future."
"Will this be tight enough?"
"I don't know, but if it was much tighter, I couldn't breathe." She chuckled. "Surely with a shirt and overalls on, it won't be that obvious."
He handed her the shirt and she put it on and pulled the overalls that rested at her waist up. She turned around and he did too.
"How do I look now?" she asked with a grin.
His eyes caressed her, "You can't hide beauty Lissa."
She sobered.
"Put your hair up in this," he told her and handed her the hat. She took the ribbon, tied her hair up then stuffed it into the hat.
"Now how do I look."
"I am the wrong person to ask such a thing. I still see Lissa."
She smiled. "I like your clothes, and you tied your hair back. You look very… handsome."
"You think so?"
She smiled broadly, "You're still Moon to me."
He tipped her chin with his finger, "And you're still Lissa to me."
He looked as if he was about to kiss her, but he backed off.
Instead of being mad, she smiled, "Race you
back to the house."
"You're on!" he smiled and let her get a head start.
He passed her and she ran up behind him and tackled him to the ground. They laughed. For a moment he thought about kissing her again, but he'd been doing much too much of that and he needed to stop. Because the last kiss nearly changed everything. He had wanted her so bad that day in the rain, but while his heart knew he wanted her, his thinking told him it wasn't the right time.
She got to her feet, and ran, he chased her all the way to the house.
When they got there, they were breathless and smiling.
But there were voices coming from inside. Moon stood near the door so he could hear. He touched his finger to his lips, to warn Lissa. She nodded and came closer.
"You see her, you let us know. Cal Jones said he saw someone that looked a little like her out in that pond way out back."
"Well hell, Charlie, anyone can bath in a pond. Maybe it was her, maybe she was washing up and movin' on. Ain't no one here but me and Moon, and I hired a little fella on the other day."
"Hired a man?"
"More a boy than a man. But yeah. Moon goes off every now and then and I'm busy at the mine, so I gave him a place to live and he's gonna take care of my wolves and mule and some of the chores around here."
"What's his name?"
"Lester."
