Her defense lawyer was her husband, and he did a pretty good job of playin' off the jury's sense of humor. She confessed to the attempted robbery—th...re wasn't no question about her guilt fer that. She was found guilty and the judge sentenced her to the time served awaiting trial, which was about three weeks. The woman and her husband left town after the trial and went to live with her lover, who was a woman in Austin who ran a whore house. As far as I know, the three of them got along right. I appreciated the time with her. We each had a glass of red wine with our meal. We finished eating and the check came. I put my hand over it and saw that angered look again as she placed her hand over mine. "Abe, the bet was that I would pay." I know but it's been an enjoyable evening and meal. I hope it's not over and you will join me for a nightcap at my place. I can more easily afford to pay and you lost under possibly unfair circumstances. You didn't know much about me and Mossy filled me. Austin and I sat down and waited for the girls to come back, and Josh and Jake headed back out into the dance crowd to let Eric, Trent, Jorge, and Paco know about the new developments.Time to circle the wagons, I thought to myself. I tried to put on a game face, though, for Molly's sake.There was a slow song just starting up as the girls were walking back toward us, so I stood, and held out my hand to Molly. She stopped, and just looked at my hand."May I have this dance?" I asked."Sean, I...". Slowly but steadily the square began to fill with all the people of the town. They stood in an orderly fashion around three sides of the square and faced the Town Hall steps where the Piper and the Burghers stood. The Piper waited patiently until he knew that all the townsfolk were present. He removed a different pipe from his bag and blew briefly. A merry tune soared out and over the townsfolk. They laughed happily. The Piper created two further notes from his pipe that mingled seamlessly with.