" A huge mistake? And what would that be?" My leaving you for the ass wipe that I married." Ass wipe? You said you met someone and fell madly in love ...ith him. You fell in love with and married an ass wipe?"She took a deep breath and then said, "I didn't actually tell you the truth there. I wasn't madly in love with him. I liked him; I liked him a lot, but I didn't love him like I loved you. The thing was that he was a high seniority captain making almost a hundred thousand a year. I grew up. Sure, Stephie was obviously a popular girl. Sure, I was going to have to suffer a little purgatory for breaking up with her. But I was a popular guy, too, right? I mean, I was a star athlete. So eventually, the little Stephie circle would go its way, and my little jock circle would come around my way, and things would settle down to normal. As I looked around the cafeteria, though, I had the distinct feeling that that was going to take a little longer than I thought.I spent the rest of the day. We helped the women bury the old man and dragged the five militiamen's bodies deep into the woods for the critters to take care of. They had nothing on them worth keeping. The women, a mother and daughter they were, took the horses and weapons, said they would be all right, and rode off toward the west.Then we shadowed Tarleton's legion until they settled by a stream and built up some cooking fires, we tried to note which tents were raised for the officers to meet and sleep in. You usually. Then out of shock I struck her head with the butt of my sword. She dropped instantly. Never in all my years of being a bounty hunter, have I ever been touched by a weapon. Especially the weapon of a woman. I stared down upon her and was ready to strike her with my sword. It would have been so easy… but I couldn’t do it. I sheathed my sword and went to walk away. But then a thought occurred to me. What if when she woke up she just followed me? I had to bind her up with something. I looked.