Zeke was the best bargainer I’d ever seen and I was a born sucker.“We’ll have to find a town to get you resupplied. Cherry Creek would be my cho...ce. It’s far enough away to keep curiosity down. We could take some gold and bank it with Wells Fargo, something to show the investors we’re legitimate. Then you can come on back. I don’t expect you to mine too much. You just need to keep an eye on the place.”The weather broke and the thaw was in full swing when we left. It was going to be about a. Esmeralda had been fit to be tied, why the audacity of Wren to disobey then leave. In her anger she had nearly ordered the execution of all the captains of her ships. She’d also considered riding herself of all the executive officers.She had stopped suddenly realizing that, she’d have to appoint new officers. No, it was better to rid herself of them when they were back at home. Yes, it would be a far better example to execute them, in front of their families, it would be far more memorable that. Stacy and Nancy had rapidly become best friends, although it was a little lopsided, as Nancy looked up to Stacy as someone who was pretty, smart, knew her pathway through life, and was already on it. There was some worship involved, as there was for Brad and Sandy, and many of the others in The Circle.Brad tried to persuade Nancy to live at the house where he and Sandy continued to reside. True, they spent about three nights a week at The Circle house, and they were totally plugged into all the. ”“She never came.”“But that is because what you told to us was wrong. It was not true. You had been seeing someone else. We were there at Christmas, and her mother had proof you had been seeing other women while engaged to Penny. Derek is here.”“Graham?”“Hello Derek, what’s going on? Connie left here on Boxing Day with her father for a couple of days. It’s a week now, and I’ve heard nothing from her.”“We didn’t see Connie,” he replied. “We left on Boxing Day morning. They didn’t say they’d.