As we leave we pay the bill for a night at the hotel while I tell the Marshal and Sheriff it’s a minor wound in my side and all bandaged up so no bi... deal.The Marshal leads me across the street to the store the man came from while he explains why the man shot me. It seems he’d come to town expecting to make a quick fortune ripping people off with the prices in his store. He’d been doing well as the main freight company to Socorro is run by his brother and he’s overcharging everyone else. I now. Kim told me that she was still a little angry with me over how I had got us all to this point. Kim told me that she had seen trouble coming that night back at the drive in. Kim told us both that she had saw just how much we had enjoyed each other that night. She told me that she knew she was in for big trouble when John seen the new me after summer break.“I am sorry it happened the way it did Kim,” I replied. “But the three of us are together once more,” "Just like it should be," I added. The. . “She was giving me a self-righteous look that might have been appropriate on teetotaling Carrie Nation. Then that changed to a smirk, “That’s okay, I knew you’d come through for me.” What she really meant was, I know what your weaknesses are and how to exploit them.***On the designated evening I was sitting in The Salient office waiting for her. The old building was beautiful on the outside but the interior spaces were grimy rooms lit by harsh fluorescents.Then I heard a knock on the door and. But, at least this was a fairly easily solved problem. One of the good things about being a free trader and a pirate hunter simultaneously, was that there was times that I didn’t have to rush from one place to another. If I had to deliver 10,000 tons of nullwheat to the Coriolos Habitat, for example, I’d be facing a hundred thousand credit fine EACH DAY for late delivery if it was my fault. But, on this part of my route, I wasn’t carrying any cargo so it made my decision much easier.“Right, so.