“Sue never does that” I told her as we had a shower. “I will convince her then” Becky said. I silently prayed.Sue and Becky said we should try...the hotel pool before lunch. Ron and I went down while the women said they would join us later. I was mystified why but didn’t ask. We were sitting there talking when they appeared. I was shocked. They had obviously gone out together and bought matching microkinis. They were practically naked. There were two other guys by the pool and they were having a. A pile of gold-laden rubble would lay at the base of the rock face, waiting for sorting.Before he was done and ready to leave, he’d have filled a dozen leather bags with gold pried from the exposed seams in the quartz rubble.Changed into his beaded buckskins, Mike rode a roan saddle horse and led a gray pack mule, its pack saddles rocking and swaying. He’d follow an obscure side canyon track down through thick timber to merge, unseen, onto a trail following a tributary branch of Wolf Creek.He’d. "Look at me," she pleaded. "Everything is swollen, my eyes, my throat, even, uh, down there. and I ache like I have the flu."I checked out her eyes which were bloodshot, her ears were red, and I reached out to feel the nodes under her jaw. She jerked away momentarily and then let me inspect that they were indeed swollen. I told her to wait a moment while I fetched something from the car. She started to panic so I took my badge from around my neck and tossed it at her.'She thought I was going to. ”“So, she can take power away from you?”I shook my head. “I’m the Padrone. I control the flow.”She nodded and thought while I pulled on my jacket. As I stood up, she looked at me. “Wait, if they were supposed to arrest you...”I shook my head. “They’re supposed to be backup for Dalton. She’s supposed to direct who they arrest.”“But with her laid up in a hospital?”I nodded. “Dalton said she would deputize me. As such, I’m taking charge of the investigation. I’m going to see this through because.