I just thought I'd do a little catch you up summary, for just in case. Ok so one morning Lucy wakes Jake up where he's been sleeping in the hall, remember Teresa's not back yet. He discovers lip rouge smeared on his chest. Celina has been in the house. Meanwhile Hank and Dorothy are at the mercantile trying to talk sense into Loren, but Celina is helping him rake in quite a roll of dough. (He's got total $$ in his eyes!) So Cloud Dancing advises Jake to be up front and honest with Teresa when she gets back (in that oh so Cloud Dancing way we know and love). And he tells him not to lock his door that night. And Jake actually does it! (We've come a long way Baby!) So on this night he's having a Celina nightmare (cuz who wouldn't with the Glenn Close bunny lady sneaking around) and he mistakes Teresa who's come home early, for Celina. And he roughs her up a little. In the crazy Randall rushes in thinking the worst but thankfully Teresa assuages the situation. But Jake (bless his heart) collapses from exhaustion.

(Wasn't this a good excuse to bring our lovely lady doctor in?) Randall at Teresa's pleading brings Dr. Mike who determines Jake needs rest and calm, cause he's been running himself ragged. It is at this time that Teresa is filled in on the "One that didn't quite Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and the goings on. I also reveal a bit of time when Randall went to get Dr. Mike, where Teresa goes up to see the girls. While she's in the nursery, Celina who's been up there this whole time (Eek!) is hiding behind the door! But when Teresa leaves Ms. NutGoCrackers (Celina) is like talking to Izzy like she belongs to her! Yikers!

So Randall goes into town and he meets Robert E. and together they witness CuckookookaChew (Celina) sneaking into the boarding house at dawn. So she goes in talking to herself, saying Jake is just like Harris (we don't know who he is yet) and how Harris wouldn't leave his wife, but Jake will for her.

Sunday morning Jake gets all gussied up and he and the reunited family enjoy some getting ready for church time. Teresa doesn't believe Jake is fully well, so she convinces him to skip Denver Mass for church in town. (they alternate churches every week. Compromise!) Oh and all this time rumors have been swirling about the seamstress and the barber around town. So naturally as everyone in convening around the church Celina is being ignored by the towns women and a sassy unflinching Grace (I'll hold her down for you Grace!) So when Jake and Teresa finally get there with the girls…Awkward! They even have to sit in front of Celina and Loren is acting like he doesn't have a clue what's going on. So while this kerfuffle is going down, Randall is taking advantage of the town being in church. This is where he and Hank join forces and poke around Celina's boarding room. Hank shows Randall a photograph of a family. The father and daughter look a lot like Jake and Izzy. (It's not them trust me) The Plot thickens! Dom Dom Dom! Crud! I forgot to mention that Colorado Springs in experiencing some heat wave like weather. Thus, after church everyone but Jake head over to the café. Jake heads over to the barbershop to park the wagon out of the way but gets coerced into giving Mr. Dickenson (mentioned in A Time to Heal) a shave. Which turns out to be the worst decision Jake ever made (in this story) because once Mr. Dickenson leaves Celina slithers in! (Isn't that just a slap your forehead D'hoh kind of moment.) Well she backs the wee lamb up against the hutch (total role reversal), almost calls him Harris (we still don't know yet) and kisses him. He shoves her off just in time to see that Teresa was standing there and saw the kiss!

At this point I was a real stinker and made you guys read a flashback from back when Jake collapsed and Dr. Mike came over. She and Teresa let the past be water under the bridge and bond. At which point Michaela tells Teresa she can trust Jake. Which brings us back to the brouhaha at hand. Teresa confronts Celina who blames Jake for not acting like a married man (she practically throws him under the bus, or in this case wagon), then tries to turn it around on Teresa saying if she hadn't been gone, Izzy wouldn't have bonded with her. And my personal favorite scene, Teresa slaps Celina so hard her head bounces of the glass on the barbershop doors. (This is the point where we all join hands and do a little happy dance) So Jake professes his love to Teresa and they both admit that their hearts are broken. Celina goes back to her room and discovers her photograph is gone.(and if you thought she was crazy before, well now she's snapped completely. We're at full bunny alert!)

Jake takes Teresa who hurt her hand to the Clinic where Hank and Randall join them to compare notes. The photograph is passed around and I maliciously cut you off before you could find out what was written on the back of the frame. This is when we find that Loren is grappling with his conscience and we find that school will be starting soon. (Yes, if your thinking it. Yes.) Now Michaela reads the back. J.B. Harris Hemlock, Alexandra M. Hemlock, Amie Hemlock, the names of the family. (These are anagrams for Jim Knobeloch and Alex Meneses. Just thought it was fun, nothing more) It's decided that Randall should send a wire to Denver inquiring about the family and Celina's past. But some hesitation and Teresa suddenly jumping to Randall's rescue, proves he can't read or write. Michaela is the only one to notice this. (I hinted with the Bank's banner, the Gold Nugget sign, and his avoiding mention of the names written on the back.)

Hank takes the photograph back, gets all rough and tumble with Celina and tells her to leave town. She turns the tables on him, cause she's so nuts by now she is scaring Hank!

After all this, as Jake and Teresa travel home (Cloud Dancing took Lucy and Izzy home earlier in the day) they are uncharacteristically silent. She won't talk to him but she keeps staring at him. They reach home and she has a breakdown in the garden. Cloud Dancing takes the girls and Jake totally takes charge and cares for Teresa. [sigh] She admits to torturing herself about past behaviors and tells Jake the happiest news he's had since I started torturing him with this trilogy. She loves him like a soul mate which is really what he wanted from her.

Now we know about Harris and Denver. Celina, new to the city, meets Harris a dentist working as an artist. He has a strong resemblance to Jake in gesture as well as appearance. They fall in love. Its looking quite a bit like Celina was normal at some point. (More to come on that later)

And that pretty much catches us up. I also can't believe a summary was this long. But I hope this helps. If not then you can just laugh at the fact that I'm incapable of summarizing. Or maybe just way more stuff happened in these 12 Chapters than in the first ones. Next one's coming up (chapter). I won't leave you twistin' in the wind. Oh I also want to thank you for reading, and giving these stories a chance. Especially, those that review. Thank you so very much for the encouraging words. They mean a lot, and keep me writing. Thanks again. ~S5M