" Well here's to Chloe, a special woman," Franklin said holding up hisdrink."I'll drink to that," Ricky said we all responded to hiI wanted to run and...hide. I can't believe Ricky introduced Kate ashis wife and me as her sister. That felt so strange but I didn't havetime to ponder anything because Franklin was clearly hitting on me andI had to pay attention. He was very touchy and attentive which wasn'tlost on Ricky and Kate as they watched Franklin show off hisexperience with a woman.After. After the duel the participants, principals and seconds, will leave by boat to avoid capture by the authorities. One of those leaving, me, will be a corpse to be delivered to Emily. ‘Oh, Emily!’ I say aloud. ‘I love you, Emily. I want you here, for one last kiss.’ But there would be no last kiss, not even a loving word. Emily’s last words to me, calling me an antique bore, still stick in my brain. Would she regret those words when I was dead? I’ll never know. Captain Arthur is here. I pick up. He figured that it was probably to prevent him from doing anything brash too soon, thus allowing him time to adjust to his new environment. He eyed the bed appreciatively for a moment before shuffling over to it and lying down. He was mildly annoyed that the bed was so short, but he was too tired at that moment to complain. He decided that he would take up the issue in the morning as he drifted off to sleep. Alex awoke the next morning with a dull ache throughout his body that proved to. “Yes, do you know of him?”“I’ve heard the name. Back a few years ago, agents from my office were sent to Fort Supply and Fort Reno to investigate some accusations the army had sent to the main office in D.C.“Seems that Attorney Jon David Crow was named by Judge Parker as your representative, if there were ever any questions we needed answered.” The man said as he looked Eli’s face over for any reaction.“I’m sure you know which incidents I’m talking about. They were filed against you personally,.