44 Henry cartridge, the man walked back to where they were.“Looking to buy a handgun for your woman?”“Yep. I’d like to get her one like I carr.... What price do you have on this one, since it looks to be only slightly used?”“I’ll take thirteen dollars for it and throw in a box of .44s to go with it.”“Well ... I reckon we’ll pass on this one. I heard there was another Trading Post up on the north end of the lake. We may stop in there before we turn east toward northern Utah.”“I’d cut you a better. ” The words hung out in the air for several seconds while Paul typed. He didn’t comprehend them at first, but as they seeped through his brain he looked up at her in amazement. “That’s a no-win bet for me.” His brow furrowed and he exhaled. “Whatever.” He already intended this bet to be one he didn’t collect on when he won it. His own system betrayed him. He looked at the list on the screen, counting the lines with a growing dread. “Fourteen.” “You owe me dinner.” Sharon. “I had no idea your restaurant existed until about an hour ago. I thought I was in touch with Dallas. I guess I’m not.”“We try to stay low-key,” Diana said, still moving her hand softy between Shannon’s thighs. “There are people in this city that would have a public fit if they knew of our relaxed views on… well, our libertine attitudes.”“I’m curious,” David questioned. “What made you decide to take this approach to your restaurant?”“I spent a few years in Europe studying the restaurant. At one spot, I pointed to a school up on the hill. At another, we saw some town houses aligned in a row. But for most of the time, we saw nothing but fields and woods.We traveled through one large culvert that led under a road. We had to get as low as possible to go under one bridge that led up to someone’s house. We came to a rapid that could have posed a problem, but the water was high and covered up the boulders. We quickly cruised through without any problem.“The next area is even more.