THE WILL 5

it was still dark the next morning when robertos head lights shone through the front windows of the house. tobey was eating breakfast. he got up and put his dirty dishes in the sink and set another cup of coffee on the tablea few seconds later roberto knocked on the door. " come in roberto" tobey yelled. when roberto came in he was followed by a pretty mexican woman. " this juana, she was blakes novia, girl friend. she cleans the house three times a week." tobey thought to him self now i know what is next. " ok. pour her a cup of coffee and sit down" when every one was seated tobey explained about the hay comming and he needed to go to town. he told juana to make a list of what she needed for the house and any grocerys she thought was needed." roberto finished his coffee and stood up " i better make room in the barn for the hay thats comming and maybe clean up the scrap. hay so the stack will sit square and solid. when juana gets done ill run her home unless you want her to stay and cook your supper." " how do i pay her? by the day, the week or month, how?"tobey asked. " how ever you want" roberto answered before juana had a chance to. tobey looked the woman in the face " what do you say?" she looked up at roberto then back to tobey" by the week if i keep comming every week.. its 35 a day. if you want me to cook its 45."she answered. "lets figure on keeping like it was with blake. if you stayed and cooked thats fine just tell me what you need"tobey told her. she ducked her head" with blake i didnt go home , i stayed here all the time."she answered. tobey sat back in his chair, " i didnt mean that, as long as roberto can bring you and take you home." the woman didnt look up " thats ok with me." the sun was comming up out side. it was shinning through the front windows. tobey stood and took his hat from the nail next to the door." ill feed the horses while you get the barn squared away. we will have to wait until the bank opens so i can get cash for the hay." when they went out the door juana was running water in the sink to wash the dishes. just as tobey finished feeding the horses the hay truck rolled in the gate he pulled past the barn and turned around then lined back up with the gate next to the barn with enough room for the hay squeeze to work un loading the hay. tobey went to the truck driver and exclaimed the bank didnt open for a couple hours they would have to wait until then. they assured him it wasnt a problem. roberto had the barn cleaned out when the hay squeeze arrived. a couple of times tobey could see juana looking out a window. " blake had a hell of a deal here," was all that tobey thought. he went in the house to his bed room and got the folder with all the documents he would need for the bank. juana handed him a list of what she needed . it was short.