"I don't understand," Karen, mumbled, her hands unknowingly clutching at her skirt while she stared at the table and the rolled length of dust cover. ...eside her, Deborah whimpered and eased closer to her."Oh, I think you do," Victoria smiled her sweetest."The judge is concerned that you may have hurt yourself during the night," she told them. "Being his wards, he has the right to ensure you are fit and well. Or would you prefer it if he gave you back to the authorities, to be imprisoned for. Just then the lights went out."Over you go lovey." he said, pushing Mandy over the edge of the building. She gave a low cry, but stopped when she realized the rope was preventing her from falling.He lowered her to the ground, where she sat down dumbly at the base of the wall. He jumped over and slid quickly down to the ground, landing beside her."Let's go, kid!" he hissed. He slipped the rope off and then pulled her to the fence, quickly pulling the wire loose and shoving her threw.A minute or. Jaclyn felt Jimmy lifting her chin and she looked into his eyes. His lips felt like red-hot coals on hers and she felt like her kitty was going to explode. Her knees gave out and she hugged him tighter to keep from falling on the floor."Mmmm, that was nice!" she cooed and Jaclyn knew that she had to get away from him and fast.Jimmy couldn't help but frown when she moved away from him, but Jimmy knew it was the best thing to do. He was starting to like Jaclyn's little game and Jimmy knew that it. Of course, that was doomed experiment in the Texas of that era and she had to be satisfied with their restraint from unacceptable violence unlike most of their Panhandle kin that had the reputation of being a wild bunch and to be given a wide berth when they were in their cups.Sure, they had the heathen Indians tracked down and trapped on top of the Mesa, but they were not in custody in any stretch of the imagination and it looked like the closing of this sage would be a mite bit longer than.