She quickly agreed before Franco told her that if she lost she would have to take off her top to pay for that round since she no longer had any credit... She agreed again after getting the concession that everyone else who lost that hand would have to remove something too. The hand was dealt and sure fire thing both Deb and I lost. Being that it was hot outside most the guys had stripped off their shirts earlier in the evening and were sitting in either a pair of pants or shorts around the. Taylor smiled to himself at the thought as he swung himself up and leaned forward, rubbing his face.“Do you always scream like that?” a voice said behind him.He sat and half-turned, seeing Marta in a tattered robe standing in the doorway, a small blond head peeking around her leg.“Not as much as I used to, but sometimes when things go wrong...”“What went wrong?” she asked, alarm creeping into her voice.“Nothing with you or your family, I promise. One of the people I’m going to Reuya to. .. “Eli Crow here, United States Marshal out of Tulsa, Indian Territory.”“What’re you doing way up here in Kansas, Marshal?”“Stopping a bank robbery... “Now I want you to listen to me real close, Jubal. I’m going to let you live, but you’ll have to be real quiet and not make a ruckus or I’ll come back and cut your throat while you’re still hooked up in these irons. Do you understand what I just told you?”“How’d you know my name, Marshal?”“I know all about you and your brother, Jarrell, and his. Another thought was with her now announced candidacy. If she would have the time to spend with Scott or if she was seen with Scott would that in some way negatively affect her candidacy? Who knows what the General’s reaction would be if Scott was affecting Isabel’s aspirations for higher office or her relationship with this Army man?Another factor he considered was that if he turned down the assignment, would that in some way affect his career with the company? While Ray said it wouldn’t, Scott.