He unlaced his arms and took a step forward. You hurt?Not badly. She tried to smile, but her lips only curved on one side. My main problem is that I'm stuck to a cactus.(...)How'd you manage to get tangled up with a cactus? J.T. crouched beside her and started extricating her from the prickly plant.Well, believe it or not, I was on my way to apologize to you when a prairie-dog hole jumped up and grabbed my shoe heel.
~ Karen Witemeyer