"This is my family property after all." She looked us over. We all waited for her to speak again."Toby, isn't it?" she asked without moving the crop. ...e nodded. "You work at the resort, but you're not in charge here, this isn't your party ... who's in charge?"I stood up, "I am."The rider snorted derisively. "No sir," she laughed. "No, it's quite obvious you are not." She turned to my wife and for the first time the light was at the right angle for me to glimpse of her beautiful Nubian features. And he did understand where Danny was comingfrom when he talked about protecting his daughter. He didn't sayanything for a moment while he thought it through."There might be a way," he said finally, dismissing the agents behindthem."We can place an agent with you. This agent can be with you undercover.They'll be our eyes and ears and if they even suspect that you areunder their influence in any way we will scoop up your whole family andput you into protective custody with a cover story to. ” I replied with a chuckle. “Including Molly and I.”“Is she doing any better? Since you found out about this.”“Chris and I convinced her to go to AA. We’re getting support from her, it just takes time.”“Okay.” Daisy replied. “I suppose that’s all I can ask. I suppose this means I need to be okay with her being around you, conveniently for you.”I could only laugh politely in response. “I guess so.”“I need to process this and formulate a plan. Was there anything else you needed to tell me?”“Nah,. Dad would have either waded out there and pulled him off his horse and drowned him after taking his hair, or shot both his eyes out where he sat on his horse,” Eli told them, his voice breaking, he was so mad. He cleared his throat loudly and spat on the ground.“He won’t get away with calling any of us bastards ever again. No matter if he brings twenty men with him! He’ll die as soon as he breathes that word,” Ezra spoke with a growl, his young voice just above a whisper.“Eli, if he had gone.