It was like an out of body experience really.” Ellie just stared at me for a good long moment before she finally broke the silence. “That’s real...y romantic, Mark. Are you in love with me or something?” a giant smile spread across her face. “I’m getting there, I’m close.” “Are you sure that’s not the beer and weed talking?” “Pretty sure. So, why did you come with me? Were you scared?” “Well, you started stuffing cash into my purse, I didn't have much of a choice. Plus, I thought you cute. Kinda. It's just me, being nervous that her mother might show up, seeing us this intimate. She is sitting so near me now that I can literary feel her body heat and her smell is just like the bed, violets and soap. She looks at me serenely, seriously. And suddenly I can see the woman she will become. And I can't help it, I'm taken with my vision."You're mine." She says looking at me as if I'm some sort of gift from the Gods.I wait for the revelation, but with none forthcoming I carefully ask, feeling. I also made it hard for them to aim at me because I moved about while shooting. So I’m a good shot, their bad luck for picking on me.” Not liking the way this is going Will slips his hands under the front of his shirt to ready his two cross-draw guns for quick use by slipping the strap off and cocking them.“Well, you’ve killed the sons of several prominent men in this town. So you’re under arrest for murder.”“I suggest you go back and read the law. Ask any witness and they’ll tell you it was. Others followed us down to the lawn for a closer view of what was to come.I led Claire to a large patch of dirt in the middle of the lawn that the gardener had cleared for planting but at the moment was left empty. I ordered Claire to kneel by the dirt patch. I examined Claire's face with amusement, her expression a mixture of dread and puzzlement. It was clear she didn't know what was going to happen to her next. That of course made what was going to come all the more delicious.A few seconds.