| �You�re gonna loose the game Kevin.� �Just hush Rachel.� �I�m tellin� ya, you don�t play poker. It�s okay, trust me hon�.� �Annie, please explain to dear Rachel just�� �Honey, you�re got at lots of things. This just ain�t one of them.� Kevin threw his hand down and glared at Annie. �it�s the truth sugar.� �Okay, Howie, you wanna finish this hand?� �Actually, let�s just end it. I presonally don�t feel like playin� anymore,� Annie said, throwing her hand down as well. �Than be careful if you go out Annie,� I warned her. I smiled as she slipped her hand through Kevin�s arm. �Do you dance?� Annie glanced at Kevin and shook her head. �Sometimes. If the partner was right.� �I have a confession.� Annie stepped outside and pulled the shawl tighter around her shoulders. �What�s on your mind sugar?� �I over heard you talkin� to the other ladies. Talkin� about your family.� �Do you make it a point to listen to other people�s conversation?� �Not usually. I swear I was goin� to tell you�� �What do you want Kevin?� �To offer you somethin� better.� Annie laughed and turned to face him. �There is nothin� better Kevin. This is my life. The only thing I know how to do.� �You�re a lady damn it.� �Not in this age. And could you offer that�s better?� �Come back with me. I can offer you a job.� �As what, your personal whore?� �No.� �Bull shit Kevin. You call me a lady yet you treat me no better than a whore. You think I lack the smarts to do better. I don�t. But I know as a woman, there is nothin� in this world I can do to support myself and my family.� �Be a wife.� �Ahh, yes, and the offers are just pourin� in, right? You know, enjoy your walk.� �Annie�� �Thanks for the offer, but I won�t do it.� With that, she let herself back into the hotel. �You know somethin� Annie.� I sat down net to Annie on the couch and reached for the whiskey bottle she was currently holding. �Mary wanted to seduce the men to get the information we wanted.� I took a swig of the drink. �Great.� �What do you mean by that?� �Mary can�t be found. Christina and Jane�s doors are closed.� �Great.� �You talk to Kevin?� �Yeah.� �About what?� She took the bottle and took another drink. �Wanted to see me do somethin� more. So than he offered me a job doin� somethin� or other.� She hiccuped and chuckled. �Treated me nothin� better than a whore. Guess that�s what I�ll be. Can�t change my life.� I shook my head, understanding her pain. �You talked to Howie?� �Not since Ringo came here. Annie, I don�t know what�s goin� on.� �No one does love. Look, go catch yourself some sleep. I�ll be fine.� �Night Annie.� �Night Rachel darlin�.� She stared at the small fire and finally dared to close her eyes. �Rachel we have to talk.� I put my book down and nodded to the chair across from me. �Yes Wyatt?� �Has Johnny talked to you?� �Why would he?� �Because trouble is really brewin� between the law and them.� �Now Wyatt, you�re askin� me to do somethin� I don�t do.� �I�m askin� as a lawman for your help.� �Piss on the law Wyatt. The law stole my life away. The law stole my husband.� �Your husband died�� �My husband was murdered. There�s a great deal of difference!� �Rachel�� �Pat was a wonderful man, Wyatt. You knew him. But he messed up, accordin� to the man, the President. But my Pat wasn�t like that. So, the Man, sent his marshals to do away with him, with the man I loved. They never told you that, did they?� �No ma�am.� �To save your sorry ass, I would tell you. But not for the law, never for the law.� �Annie�� Annie turned around and smiled. �Well, if it ain�t Curly Bill.� �We need to talk.� �About what?� �Come with me.� He grabbed her upper arm and pulled her to nearest corner. �You happen to know who�s stayin� in your hotel?� �The gang?� �Not just any gang Annie. They�re United States Marshals.� �May I sit here?� �Park it cowboy.� �You know Rachel, I heard you talkin� to Wyatt this afternoon.� I sighed but smiled at Howie. �I�m just sorry that it happened.� �It�s in the past, right? I have to think about my life now and only now.� �Right.� �You gonna tell me what you do?� He took a deep breath and smiled. �Just some ridin� through town.� �Been here a while for that.� �I like the town.� |
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