I had dallied with a saloon whore while I waited, but only to the point of buying her a beer and tipping her two bits for her pleasant conversation. T...at was all I had time for when Red Dog strolled in and bellied up to the bar. None of that wimpy beer for him, he ordered a whiskey, which he downed like the foul stuff that it was.Red Dog looked around the saloon and immediately spotted me. I could see the gears grind behind his eyes: fresh meat to play with. I am average in size and weight, but. It still amounts to judicial murder. By the way, that Trib reporter, Jakes, wants an advance copy of your book for his niece who was raped. Her dad resolved the issue my way.”“He killed the rapist?”“Yes. Five years for manslaughter. If I’d been on the jury, he would have walked.”“Nullification?”“Damn straight. I know you all think I’m encouraging vigilante justice, and maybe I am. But there are some things I simply can’t abide, including the abuse of children and rape. And in this case, it was. ”He smiled and said thanks to his reflection in the mirror. No one noticed him talking to his reflection.Tim made his way over to Johnnie and his friends, all listening to the same song. “Okay fellas, time to go put an ass whoppin’ on the Cougars,” he exclaimed! He retrieved the headphones and the tablet and jogged back to his basket. He pulled out his clothes and, leaving his jeans on the bottom, sandwiched the tablet and headphones on top of his jeans and underneath his t-shirt. He replaced. I'm just in town on business, and I'm staying at the hotel." Oh, in that case, the first drink's free—hotel policy. And since you're staying at the hotel, I can start a tab for you, and charge the rest of your drinks to your room."Before I could respond, a voice beside me said, "Not necessary. Put that and anything else she wants on my tab."As I turned to look for the source of the voice, I noticed that the bartender's expression seemed to switch to something like disappointment as she said.