He builds life with two wives in Colorado mountains

“I don’t want to get wild and crazy here. I would love to find a million dollars worth of gold but I don’t want to end up hurting or killing one or all of us trying to get it out. If we are careful we can hopefully find several more dollars of ore easily. With that money we can make us a nicer place to live and maybe even put some money in the bank.”

Tasha looked at Seth and said, “What about having someone come in and mine it right Seth? We could do that couldn’t we?”

“I thought about that Honey. Right now we don’t even know if there is enough ore there to interest a large mining company. I really don’t want to get one in here if I can help it anyway. I don’t want our little home torn up for the mining. I would like to see what we can do first. I suspect we might be able to take as much money out by ourselves as we would be paid in royalties if we got a large company in to do the work. If we can do it safely why should we give them some of the money we could get with a little muscle work?

“I know they have ways to get every speck of gold out of the rock using their chemicals and so forth but I just don’t want to go that route if we can get out of it.”

Tasha looked at Charity then back to Seth. “I don’t want to see the valley torn up either Seth. I guess I was just getting greedy. If we do it ourselves and just make a little every year that would be fine. I would like to have a nicer place to live though.”

She saw Seth’s face cloud over and rushed to continue her statement, “NO Seth. I don’t want or need any mansion. If we fix up the old store like you talked about just so we had a little more room I would be fine with that.” She laughed and continued, “Heck, we already live in a better building than many of those on the reservation. I don’t care about things like that. I just want enough dishes to cook and eat off of and a safe warm place to live. I don’t care about fancy.”

Charity looked over at Seth and said, “Me neither. I can be happy…” Charity gasped and pulled her hand to cover her mouth. She looked almost sick. She had tears in the corner of her eyes when she continued talking, “Oh, I’m so sorry! I don’t know what I was thinking when I said that. I know I’m just a guest here. I’m sorry for saying that. Please forgive me! I know I have to go as soon as I can find a way to do it.”

Tasha glanced over at Seth and moved to wrap Charity in her arms. She turned her gaze on Seth once again and glared at him. She looked back at Charity and buried her nose in her hair. The two women snuggled together while Charity cried.

Seth sat watching. He thought for a moment about how the last few weeks had gone. He liked his life here now. Sure he was working harder than he ever had before but he had a good life. He loved these women. He liked to be with them when they were working or relaxing around the place. They were almost a part of him already. He had his epiphany. It would be a lonely and emptier place if Charity left.

Seth stood and moved to join the women in a group hug. He said, “Charity I think I am like you. I had never considered the fact you might leave us. You are part of this family if you want to be. I would be lost if you left us Honey. Tasha and I want your input in these talks. Why do you think I asked you both to come and talk with me a few minutes ago? This is going to be YOUR house also. This is your home too if you want it to be. You are one of the family. You are one of MY women now. When we have room and can afford it I want to get us a King bed so we can all be more comfortable sleeping together in it. If you don’t want to be one of my family let us know now and we will see about finding you a place where you want to be but I am really hoping you want to stay with us.”