“Cousin? Where in the hell are we? The last I saw you disappeared into some type of energy tunnel.”“How long ago was that?” Ambrose asked tryi...g to gauge long it had seemed to his cousin.Looking at the chronometer on his furry arm Typree replied. “Only an hour ago, why do you ask?”“Cousin,” Ambrose clapped Typree on his shoulder. “That was almost a week ago! Obviously you were on the fringe of whatever transported us here.”Ambrose could see that Typree’s eyes were bulging as he was trying to. It just seemed that Saul would have a better chance of surviving his misspent youth back in Santa Fe than wandering around the Tucson Valley and finding trouble in every shadowy corner.He was relieved to see Saul swing up on the Sorrel's back and light up a cheroot that had a pungent scent of wild cherry and bitter acrid smoke. The girls over at the house of pleasure were all lined up waving "goodbye" to the handsome young cowboy and Sam could see that Saul was embarrassed at the attention but. ********Sir,I know I left without warning and without explanation. It was so close to when I was going to be moving in with you and in a way I got scared. I got scared of the commitment and such a young age. I got scared at the thought of giving myself to you fully, even though that is all I ever wanted and needed. I was afraid of who I was, and had yet to understand what my role in life meant. I was only 17. I did not know that my actions at that moment would affect my life in such a big. Not quite believing his request, she asked, “You don’t want your regular drink?”Wondering how long it would take for him to lose his reputation as a heavy drinker, Ed replied, “I quit drinking. I’ll just take an iced tea. Thank you for the thought.”Uncertain what to do, Rosa put the beer and shot on the tray. As she returned to the bar, she set the beer on the table of another customer saying, “On the house.”In the back, she drank back the shot in a single swallow. Maria watched with dismay,.