To see the girl so openly in love stirred something in Antoinette ... something that frightened her and she did not understand the reason why. Her wor...y for Meg, she well understood the cause and only hoped that her child's heart would not be broken."Christine, now that is another matter entirely. On the day of her wedding, I thought I was free of worrying over her, but how can I not worry? I believe her husband has no idea of her past, but I do not know for certain what he knows. Merde!. "Hey hold up," the Sheriff says, "What reputation?" You know very well," the Cowboy explained patiently."Well it 'ain't right!" he insisted."Right, so you're fucking whores every night from sun down to sun up?" the Cowboy asked."Not exactly," the Sheriff admitted, "Hell I'm the law, I got standards." Exactly," said the Cowboy, "Now if you was a real man." What the hell do I have to do to convince you?" the Sheriff asked."Maybe take over from Erasmus when he finishes?" Jake suggested."Right,. "It has been long since I was allowed to hunt," he thought, testing the bindings in Sa'at's mind. "The draught has him, and he's loosened his grip on me, perhaps enough. I will let him run for now, but when the time comes, the kill is MINE!" His thoughts he kept from Sa'at of course, or the boy would have bound him tightly once again.Time seemed to have no meaning, yet one part of him admired the skill and determination of Ta'mar and her companion. They were covering ground quickly, sticking to. "Everything," he said as he nodded."Let's sign papers," Hope said with a huge smile.I walked out of the room as the three of them talked for a long time. I got a text from Desiree; she was back in town and wanted to know what happened with Gary's car as he was in her words turning bright red. I smiled and answered that we had taken it for a spin. I wanted to say that I had also taken his wife for a few spins as well.Gary sent me a text, but I didn't read it, I deleted it as soon as it came.