Usually Cody Cambres had to do ranch work alone in the winter.
Friendship develops..
Alan helps both Cody and Aimi with ranch work.
Aimi\'s house burns down and Aimi\'s husband is murdered by a bullet From the same rifle.
Fire begins on Cody\'s ranch and spreads.
Later a bullet From the same rifle kills Cody\'s best horse.
In the spring Cody and Alan are checking cows and the calves born that spring when a bullet hits Alan.
He does enjoy ranch work.
Alan had refused to stay in any mission shelter because of life experiences involving religion.
Alan told Cody that he wanted a job and a warm place to sleep instead of living outdoors as a Homeless man.
One winter he was surprised to get a call saying a man would be on the bus that evening.
However, he had a standing order with an employment agency for an employee.
Usually Cody Cambres had to do ranch work alone in the winter
