It had been a week since Justin had been gone. Samantha was beginning to worry. She knew lots of the folks were out looking for Jacy, but no one had found her yet. She happened to be walking down the street pass the bordello when Vanessa and Elena were just going inside. She overheard them gossiping about Jacy being a horse thief, so she followed them.

"You are very cruel Elena to be accusing Jacy of being a thief when you don't even know her. You're gossiping and spreading rumors about a nice decent young girl, and I don't like it. So stop it." Samantha instructed.

"You're not my boss. I don't have to listen to you." Elena spat at Samantha.

"I'm warning you. If you keep trashing Jacy's name, you'll be sorry." Samantha felt like hitting someone, that someone being Elena, but she was resisting temptation.

Desiree, who happened to be standing outside the boutique wondering who would be the new owner, had seen Samantha follow the bordello girls into their establishment. She had walked over and was standing outside the door when she heard Elena say, "You don't scare me, you half-breed. Don't you go threatening me, or I'll have you thrown in jail."

"OOOH, you got me shakin' in my boots." Samantha gave Elena a devilish grin.

This made Elena madder and she stepped forward. "Get out! GET OUT!"

"NO, I don't have to. This is a public place. I can stay here as long as I like." Samantha folded her arms and took a stand. She wasn't going to be pushed out by the likes of Elena.

Desiree didn't want Samantha to get thrown in jail, so she decided to see if she couldn't help out a little. As Desiree walked in to talk to Samantha, Elena reared back and was going to pop Samantha one right in the jaw. Unfortunately, Samantha ducked and Elena's fist hit Desiree's face instead. Blood started pouring forth from Desiree's nose and instantly she brought her hand up to cover it.

Angrier Samantha punched Elena in the belly and then gave her a right hook to the jaw where Elena went sprawling to the floor. Tally then stepped in between the girls to stop any more fighting. Samantha turned on her heel and wheeled Desiree around and headed her out the door.

Samantha directed Desiree to the Silver Spoon and right into the kitchen. Noah who was in the kitchen watching Charity cook quickly grabbed a wet rag and gave it to Desiree. Samantha would have rather taken Desiree to the hotel's kitchen but it was closed until a new owner took it over. She didn't like Charity very much. She didn't like gossips.

Desiree sat down at the kitchen table, held the wet rag to her nose and tilted her head up. Samantha and Noah joined her, and Samantha told him what had happened. She really didn't want to say anything in front of Charity, but she couldn't ignore Noah's questions.

About twenty minutes later Desiree's nose stop bleeding, and her and Samantha left and walked over to the stables. Samantha's curiosity got the better of her and she just had to ask, "Why did you come into the bordello, Desiree?"

"I heard you and Elena arguing. I wanted to see if I could help. Help you that is. Jacy's my friend, too. I feel sorry for Melissa. If you've noticed she seems kind of lost and very sad without Jacy." Desiree answered.

"Yeah, I've noticed." Samantha also felt sorry for Melissa. She was glad that no one had been talking about what she had done. They were mostly talking about Gavin's horses and how they had ended up on Jacy's property. There wasn't any real proof that Jacy had taken them, and a lot of folks believed that she was innocent, her and Desiree included.