as Dorothy put it. She was taking extra vitamin B-12s all week. Her nerves would plain get the best of her if she wasn’t careful. Barbara Caldwell had spent entirely too much time in the kitchen, and Sadie knew it made Dorothy uncomfortable. But Barbara had planned the menu and stuck around to make sure everything was done to perfection. The Caldwells asked Reuben to come to work with Sadie and help with the vast amount of yard work that needed to be done around the large house. Bertie always kept the plants and shrubs looking their best, but this was a special evening, and he had more work than usual to do. Besides the ranch hands, all the wealthy ranchers and their wives, the Caldwell’s business associates, and even the physicians from the hospital were to be together as friends for one special evening. When she saw the large, red riding mower whizzing along at an alarming rate, Sadie wondered what in the world had come over Bertie. Taking a closer look, she was horrified to find Reuben hunched low over the steering wheel, his elbows lifted, clearly pretending he was driving something other than a lawn mower.
