“It it’s me being here that concerns you please remember our wedding day, and fighting the Navajo a few weeks ago. I told you then and I’ll remi...d you now. We’ll face this together like we face everything else!”I gave an exasperated sigh and just gave her a “yes, dear,” then said, “We don’t know what we’re walking into so be ready for almost anything.”Anna simply nodded her head and, after checking to make sure the light shawl she was wearing was still covering her holstered pistol, said, “Open. It burned. Trina clenched her fists and absorbed the caustic stinging in her hips, her breasts bobbing as her sauce-coated tits tingled from the ground pepper seeds. She closed her eyes, breathed deeply, and pulled at her restraints. It hurt so much.The other girl was crying in earnest now, screaming in agony as she writhed on the frame, her arms tugging furiously against the bonds around her wrists as her feet kicked in the air. The latticework of her ribs and taut tummy glistened with sweat,. And I knew I had him. I remembered what Uncle Mike had said to me."When a man's face is white, it means all the blood has rushed to his muscles as his body goes into its fight-or-flight response," he said. "But when it goes red, that means the blood has left returned, and he's no longer a dangerous man, no matter what he says."Wally was more afraid of being humiliated than he was of physical pain. And I was prepared to give him both.He moved forward, awkwardly, his fists up, his face still. "She's seventeen," Olivia reminded him."She's just a kid," he said, turning toward the door.Olivia grabbed his arm. "I was fifteen," she reminded him urgently.He shook her hand off and strode into the house. Olivia followed after him."What are you going to do, Andrew?" she asked as they reached the staircase."I'm going to toss his skinny ass out the window," he answered angrily."You can't. She's grown up, baby," Olivia said ducking under his arm to get in front of him."Watch me," he said.