........ok then, I mean ok Madam" I manage to splutter out, partly in shock and partly in absolute excitement, having never seen, or even imagined Me...cy like this before.I guess it was little more than two minutes before I was laying spread eagled and exposed on the bed with Mercy standing over me with a stiff leather paddle in her hands." I'm going to use you and abuse you today boy" she snarled out, just before I felt the sting of the paddle on my thigh, " and I mean use and abuse" the. Heaven knows what kind of kangaroo courts you guys are running. I wouldn’t trust one of your lot to judge a knobbly knees contest, never mind try a murder case. That woman you made me sit with, Ruya? That was self defence! She was imprisoned, no ENSLAVED for YEARS. Nobody lifted a finger. Then she lashes out at her tormentor and it’s all over for her. That was a TRAVESTY back there. The drunk and those thieves? Fine. Whatever. IF, and it’s a mighty big if, they were actually guilty. But that. Ezra was able to follow him in a big circle that ended up back in Anderson. Tomorrow we'll visit the farriers to see if they recognize the shoes his hoss was wearin'. How's the judge?" The judge will pull through, accordin' to Doc Evans. He has a hole in his chest, up high and to the left. The bullet missed anythin' important, but the judge will be out of commission fer a while. I wonder why he was shot."Ezra piped up with, "I 'spect we'll find that out when we cotch him."The Rangers were very. Women are just irrationalbeings. She stole a glance at Olivia who looked angry and perplexed.Jules wanted to say he was sorry, but Juliette wouldn't let those wordsleave her mouth. Jules tried with every ounce of his being to takecontrol and reassure Olivia that her help was not only welcome butabsolutely necessary. But the words that issued forth from young Juliette's lips were less helpful. "Go away, I hate you. You're a cheap sluttybitch. And you're not my mother, so just leave me the fuck.