Blacktail Deer Plateau backyard at night

There was rather a lot of shouting and scolding from both parties, but the exchange was far more lighthearted than situations that involved the other two girls. Junior was tough little biddy. She could already take a punch and with time would likely trade insult that would make her own father's ears drop off. With her, it was the last two minutes that mattered.

Pure hee-hee-hee-ed until he was wheezing, and it left him unprepared for the next attack. Stupidly, he rolled onto his belly, and when Junior pounced a second time she would have him pinned down in a position that kept the little boy's legs from scrabbling at her chest and stomach.