"David couldn't keep a straight face and spluttered as he tried to control his reactions.Jacob Archer just shook his head slowly. When training had fi...st begun he'd been handed his head in a training exercise against the so called inferior 'citizens' because he'd forgotten that prior to their pickup many of the boys in the citizens' militia had been cadets in a military academy, training to lead men in battle. They'd used that knowledge to defeat him and even now he would get reminders of it. She told the chief she needed to take her daughter and requested the day off. told her to meet me at my house and she could ride with me from there. To give me an hour to pack the things we needed. Stopped by the store for food and drink, called her and ask, Beer or wine? its pretty dry out there. She wanted wine. So packed out and saddles loaded we took off. She told me stories of her youth and riding bareback. How she would ride her horse after school each day. She had all day and family. But then he saved me, helluva a man that he was and is; and later, you too Marian.“So again, I owe him, and what I can do, well try to do, is fix him up with the perfect woman, perfect for him. That woman, Marian, is you,” said Ava.“Ava, you know damn well we broke up because the two of us came to the conclusion that we just didn’t love each other,” said Marian, “not that way.”“More bull-pucky,” said Ava. “You let him convince you that that was so. It wasn’t and isn’t,” said Ava. “Tell me. Her costume was killer. She brushed her hair and put on the mask. It was gold and covered her forehead, eyes and cheekbones and curled over the tip of her nose. She was applying lip gloss when Mark Antony tapped on the open bedroom door.“Are you ready to go?” he asked.“Almost,” she said. “You go on ahead, I’m going to go by myself. I’ll see you there.”“Honey, please…”“Don’t, Owen. I don’t want to be around you right now. I need time. I’m very angry at you. You cheated on me, you’ve let me down..