Courtney, desperate to figure out what Lilith had on her brother, had hired a PI a month ago to get as much dirt on Lilith as possible, with specific ...nstructions to find something Courtney could use to get rid of her, to prove to Thomas that he needed to wake up and remember who he was rather than marrying so far beneath his station. The initial results had been encouraging - Lilith had graduated from her small town high school the year before. Up until her senior year, she’d had mediocre. "Joyce..." Is Claire Bennet dead?"For the first time in several hours, I laugh. And admittedly, it feels good."She's close to that stage." What happened?" Don't ask," I reply glumly. She has her own problems. Letting her worry about my crap is the last thing I want."It's Jim, isn't it?"Damn. There isn't a single thing I can hide from her. Somehow, sitting hundreds of miles away, she can always read my mind.I sigh. "Yes." Do you want to talk?" she asks."No. Yes. I-I don't know."Joyce is the only. You have a total hard-on going on there."He blushed deeply.I ran a hand along my bare thigh, coming teasingly close to the fabric of my panties.He kept on taking pictures as I teased him. Knowing that I was producing such a reaction in him encouraged me further. As he clicked the shutter over and over, I reached back and unclasped my bra.I let it fall to the floor and I thrilled as the air touched my nipples. I heard my brother coaching me onward as the camera continued to work. "Oh yes,. She was a fine figure of a woman, and I felt sorry for any man that got in her way.We found the cattle stopped at a small stream, drinking, with the two dragoons nearby, off their horses, taking a break and filling their canteens, oblivious to danger. I got us out in the woods and rode ahead of them, splashing through the creek. We now had three weapons; the sergeant's carbine, the officer's pistol and my rifle. I rummaged in the officer's saddlebags, loaded the pistol and gave it to the.