The next morning she slipped into a yellow T-shirt and jeans. Catching her hair up in a pony tail, she tugged on her boots and joined Alex in the kitchen.
He lifted his brows. "Working this morning?"
She kissed him. "Yes. Felipa is going to take the children to town this morning while I work for a change."
He gave her a wry smile. "You work hard every day."
She smiled. "I meant that we'll switch, for a change."
He poured the rest of his coffee in the sink and pointed at her arm.
"You'd better put the sling on so you won't forget and use it too much."
"I will."
It was nice to have him back to his old self again. She poured a cup of coffee.
He slapped her playfully on the backside. "I've got to go. I'll see you later."
She walked him to the garage and waited while he backed out of the garage - then watched as his truck bounced down the drive. He was always going to work, it seemed. She sighed and returned to the kitchen. She'd better get breakfast ready.
The three men arrived shortly before the truckload of supplies. Felipa watched the children while Carmen showed the men where she wanted the fence and explained how she wanted the gate in the existing fence. They spoke in broken English, but they appeared to understand what she wanted. She'd have to keep an eye on them to be sure. She could always get Felipa to talk to them if she needed to.
While the men were working on the fence, a delivery truck brought the stanchion. She was considering getting one of the men to carry it to the barn when Gerald and Sam arrived on horseback.
"What's going on?" Gerald asked.
Carmen shaded her eyes from the sun as she looked up at him.
"I'm having an area fenced in so I can let the goats run in there and eat the brush. Then I'm going to make some tour trails." She indicated the box. "This is a stanchion. I'm going to start milking a few goats and making some cheese. I was thinking about going out there and getting someone to carry it to the barn."
Gerald dismounted. "I'll take it out there for you."
Sam offered to help but Gerald declined, saying it wasn't that heavy. He carried it to the barn and set it down where she indicated. Gerald and Sam watched as Carmen opened the box and started putting it together. The three of them were laughing and joking while they put the stanchion together when Alex came into the barn. His puzzled expression turned dark when he noticed Carmen wasn't wearing her sling.