‘Let go of my weapon.’ He obeyed, looking sheepish now. ‘Why didn’t you do it?’ ‘You got a death wish?’ He shrugged. ‘Yes, a little ...bit. Off and on.’ ‘Jesus. Well, you’re no use to me if you’re dead.’ ‘You can shoot me after the flight. Right after we land.’ ‘You want me to kill you afterwards instead of having sex with you before.’ ‘No, we will still have sex. But then after the flight, you can kill me if you still want to. I won’t mind. Does that make the sex more acceptable for you?’ . ‘Mrs Coats!’ Izzy exclaimed appalled that she could think of Daniel in that way. ‘You know Mr Daniel better than that!’ Mrs Coats looked away uncomfortably, ‘I don’t mean no offence miss, but he is just a man and well…’ she trailed off uncertain how to finish. ‘He’s not just a man! He’s a very good man! And he would never take advantage in the way you seem to be implying!’ Izzy said vehemently. Daniel standing outside the dining room grinned to himself. ‘Poor little Izzy! If only she knew how. I lay down at my side on the other side of the bed, facing Amanda."Very good girl," Susan said as she started a repeat performance of the rigging she had just done for Amanda.Once my hands, arms and legs were as immobile as Amanda's, Susan took the gag from the foot of the bed an placed it between us. Once again, I was the first one gagged. She pulled the neck strap tight enough to keep me from spitting it out, but loose enough so I could keep it in for quite some time.My excitement rose to a. So, I gather that ya want sumpthin' from me; what kin I do fer ya?"Caleb related the sequence of events leading up to his trip to Austin. He asked, "Judge, kin ya send somebody ta look over our county and straighten everythin' out? I'm shore that these so-called soldiers are deserters or impostors, but there ain't nobody locally with the authority ta challenge 'em. We need the he'p, or a whole lot more lives are gonna be ruined. Please he'p us." Caleb, there ain't but one way I kin he'p ya. I.