.." Stop!" I snapped then stopped myself and kissed her hand. "You couldn't get in ta see 'em. It was kinda last minute, I know. It's ok." I forced my...elf to smile at her. "I guess we just gonna have ta keep tryin' at home." There were worse thing that could happen."Peter, I..." She took a deep breath. "I didn't call them. I didn't try to make an appointment." I think we both must have looked wrecked. "I'm sorry but I'm just not ready for a baby yet." Her eyes began to tear up. "I'm barely. For a brief moment, she was tempted to finish the man, to ensure hewould never again be a threat to James. However, she knew that was aline she could not cross lightly. At the moment, he was no longer athreat, and the injuries she'd given him would ensure he thought twicebefore coming after James again."But if I ever see you again," she started, silently finishing thepromise that the next time, she wouldn't be so merciful.Glow was about to turn and leave, but instead, she took one more lookat. “What would your parents do?” said Miss Swift, “and don’t make it worse by lying, we can always check.” My mind was reeling. My Dad would cane me on the bare backside and he could really swing the cane, it would hurt a lot. Surely these two wouldn’t hit me as hard as Dad ….. “My Dad would cane me for this.” I mumbled. “Speak up, Jim.” “My dad would give me the cane.” As I said this, standing there and telling these attractive women, I began to feel aroused. “Exactly how does he canes you?. The man turned to slap her. "Mister, if she isn't yours, I can't let you beat her."He pulled a knife and threatened, "Put your nose back where it belongs, boy." Let her go," I said. I pulled my revolver from my holster.He let go of her hair. She started crawling away. When I glanced at her, he threw his knife. It stuck in my right leg. He ran toward me. I was able to get three shots into him before he got to me and he fell at the horse's feet.I was surprised that I wasn't bleeding very much.