”“The town council was preparing a force to find and attack the bandits. A town lives and dies by its trade, and those bastards prevented that. Yo... saved the town a lot of money and blood. Don’t you go getting a big head about it, people will forget in time. They always do,” Kevia said as if from experience."Don't worry sir, you will improve in time I am sure," the boy said.“Thanks kid. So how much for the training.”She told him her price. Fair my ass. As agreed, Axel and Rayner met up at night. Another two distant chirps of a louder sort and what appeared to be a flashing blue strobe from just outside the far side of the parking barn, toward which Connor was now giving his attention, gave evidence of a police unit having stopped for some reason around the corner. Before Ginger could say anything, Connor turned to her.“Hey, Ginger, give me a minute; will you?” Connor asked her as he turned back the way they had just walked, and hurried off, leaving her standing there for the two hours. He feared to count. His officer rotation had taken weeks. And there had been no woman contenders in his group… Eventually, he came out of his reverie and glanced at the woman. He noticed she was now looking at him. Her gaze was indecipherable. He chose to ignore it for the time being. The next few stations saw a decline in passengers and eventually, Emerson had no more excuse to be leaning on the woman. The next stop was his. He disengaged himself, turned towards the door and followed the crowd. A sure-footed packmule is a must in the mountains, but out here on the flats, he preferred a horse. This one was good at matching Chelley’s long strides and they were making good time.”The second day out of Phoenix, he crossed the Santa Cruz River and followed the meandering stream all the way to Nogales, skirting Tucson without stopping.The Lynaugh brothers, Edward and Lloyd, have outstanding warrants for rustling cattle and driving them across the border – from both sides. They were wanted.