Steve glanced away, and noticed in his peripheral vision that her leg had stopped bouncing. Then it resumed. Using the ruse of wanting to look out the...other windows, Steve tried to get a better look at her. He found her looking directly at him, grinning, working on a piece of gum. What happened next was so quick it was almost a blur: she stood up and took two long strides towards him, performed a one-eighty which pointed her ass in his face (her skirt swirled upwards and Steve's heart stopped. The whiskey was a curse and that was a fact.His mama was a strict religious woman and instilled in him the need to always treat women like they were ladies even if they were lacking in manners or innocent attitude.His Kate was certainly no lady, but she melted in his arms when he treated her like a Queen.Now he was associating with the scum of the earth, gamblers, whores, and gunmen with little mercy and no souls.They were back shooters, and thieves.He knew he could not trust one of them, but. " She called out. "Come help me, I've got groceries in the car that need to be put away..."I heard Laurie's door open as I pulled a T-shirt over my head, realizing that my hair was still slightly wet, both from my shower as well as my own perspiration. "Okay, Mom." Laurie replied as she walked down the hall. I could hardly believe how cool and calm she sounded after what had just happened, but I was thankful just the same. "Go ahead and get started, I'm just going to put these away and then. Lillith watched her uncle for a few moments then slipping her hand from Kris's, she started forward toward her uncle. She knew she was the reason for his pain and the thought in itself made her want to cry herself. She was almost to him when he realized she was approching and truned to see who had dared interupt his greif. In seeing it was the neice he thought he had lost the anger quickly melted into relife and he collected her into his arms and held her for a few moments, obliviouse to.