Deal. But first let’s make this fair. I need to be able to tell you apart in case you move or we get separated for whatever reason. Wait here.”...I went to the bar and spoke to the bartender. In short order I came back. I pointed at the one on the left.“Come here, please.”She sidled over and I lifted up the sharpie marker I had borrowed. I drew a ‘1’ on her right breast. Then I motioned for the other to come over and drew a ‘2’ on HER right breast. They giggled.“First I will kiss each of. According to the report I got, he didn't start it but they tried to keep him from talking to her boss and one of the bouncers, not knowing who he was, pulled a gun and all hell broke loose. Three innocent bystanders were seriously wounded but none by Mark's weapon. He killed both bouncers and her boss by the time it was all over. He was cremated and his and his wife's ashes were sent back to Nevada. Harry, the girls are now yours as he had a will stating that they were to be given over to you. "What do you mean?" Nancy asked. "It tasted pretty strong to me," he answered her. Nancy raised the bottle to her lips and took a deep drink. "Here, you girls try some bourbon, that stuff's to strong for you to be drinking," he said. Both girls were under the influence enough not to wonder why he was challenging their drinking ability. Both girls fell for the bait by thinking he was laughing at them for being so young and inexperienced. "Here, give it to me," Jane said. She too took a deep. She began to reach for her sword when the wind whistled, letting her hear the arrow shot less than a second before she felt the pinch of steel as it pressed through the skin of her neck on the right side and again as it passed through her left. It was a curious sensation to feel the warmth of the blood as it rushed forth, not entirely unpleasant in the face of the damp air on her skin a moment before. She struggled to bring in air, but the mere attempt made her cough blood out in a fine spray.
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