I’m familiar with St. Louis and maybe the two of us can get Duncan some help.”“See what you can do, Jefferson. It hurts me to see my friend like...this. It makes me mad because he was hurt and I wasn’t there to watch his back.”“It wasn’t your fault, Eli, it just happened. We’ll get him some help and he’ll be right back in the saddle, working his part of the territory just like you and Moses.”“Tell Judge Parker to find us the best doctor there is for our friend. I don’t care what it costs.”“I. .. thaaaats good.” Bob was suddenly there, leaning over again and walking Ranger, the end of the gate in his hand as he swung it closed. The cattle began milling around, and lowing, as if they had just realized they were now captives, and were nervous about it. Before she got to the shack and began to dismount, though, they all had lowered heads, cropping at the grass in the corral.“You do pretty good work,” said Bob, as he eased off his horse.“Thanks,” she said tiredly. “This is a lot harder. "I'm talkingabout the ticket you got over the weekend. You were suppose to bein court 5 minutes ago." I'm - I'm sorry Judge Jasper," I responded in an apologetictone. I had completely forgotten it was this morning. I stood upto enter the courtroom via his chambers but he blocked my path. "Where do you think your going," he steamed."To court like you asked. I always follow you into court." Not this time," he hissed slightly. "You're a defendant, youenter my courtroom like anyone else young lady.. I smiled and said, “It depends on how you define survival or when life ends.”“Now I feel even more like shit for not stopping Steve’s wife when she went off the rails. I never knew it got that bad until after she was gone. Don’t ever tell Steve or Paula, but it was remotely Paula’s fault. She kept telling her mom that she was going to have your children way before that birthday party. It crushed Paula when she thought you didn’t give her a present. Her mother overheard part of a phone call.