Jacy was about ready to blow her top. She hated failing at anything, even if it was a running a saloon. "Ahhhh!!! She screamed, and Jimmy raised his eyebrows. "What are we going to do?"

"About what?" Jimmy inquired.

"This . . . this business, or I should say lack of business. We�ve lost one of our saloon girls. The only business we�re getting is a few drifters now and then." Exasperated she starred at Jimmy hoping that he had an answer to their problem.

"I thought you didn�t like the saloon business, so why do you care?" Jimmy nonchalantly asked as he set his beer mug on the counter. This job was easy for him. All he had to do was throw out a few drunks once in a while, and he got all the free beer he wanted. Granted the business wasn�t booming, but he didn�t mind. It just meant less work for him.

"I hate failing at anything. That bordello over there is getting all the business. We need to do something." Jacy said with earnest.

"And what do you suggest?" Jimmy turned around to look at his partner.

"I don�t know. I thought you might have an idea." Jacy spoke louder and glared at her partner.

"I don�t know how to get them over here. The bordello offers something we don�t have, two lovely ladies with different types of entertainment." Jimmy replied. Frustrated Jacy sat down at a table.

Jimmy hated seeing such a pretty lady like Jacy so upset. She had been spending most of her time in the saloon making sure everything was running smoothly. He had noticed that she had been frustrated all week because of the lack of customers. Jimmy sat his mug down at Jacy�s table and said, "Look Jacy, I�ll try and think of something. But for now why don�t we get some fresh air? We both could use a little break from here. If we clear our heads, maybe we can think of something. Whatta you say?"

Jacy was feeling so depressed that she just wanted to crawl in a hole and hide. Well, doing anything was better than do nothing. "Alright, let�s go." She stood and then she remembered something and sat back down. "I can�t."

Jimmy had just been starting to stand up, but he returned to his chair as well. "Why not?"

"I don�t have a horse. Melissa has Braids." Jacy answered with a frown.

"Oh well, no problem. I�ll rent you a horse." Jimmy offered.

"I can�t let you do that." Jacy flatly refused.

"Why not?" Jimmy couldn�t understand why she should refuse.

"Well, because . . . because . . . well, I�ll just rent my own horse. Come on." Jacy started for the door.

Jimmy drowned the rest of his beer and quickly followed. Catching up with Jacy halfway down the street, he said, "We have all day. No big hurry, it�s not like we have to get back for a saloon full of people. I�m sure the few customers we do get, Richard can take care of." Jacy slowed up, and Jimmy slowed his pace.

Jacy rented Visions, and with Jimmy mounted on Sundancer they decided to ride out to Jacy�s new property to see how Tally and Joshua was coming along with Jacy�s new house. Tally had finished the barn last week, and Sheriff Teaspoon had found no evidence as to who had knocked it down. He had finally told Jacy that it had probably had been a drifter, and that he was probably long gone by now. Jacy had been upset about not finding out who had done the terrible act, but she quickly got over it.