The man was looking at the youngest girl’s cut. The bleeding had stopped, and her arm was a mess, but the cut wasn’t too deep. Nothing a few sti...tches wouldn’t cure. He sent the oldest girl into the hall powder room for a wet face cloth and towel while he went to the sink and scrubbed his hands with soap and hot water. She, too, was relieved to be doing something normal.He washed her arm, cleaned out the wound. She barely cried she was so engrossed in his talking to her about the fishing. He seemed to want a serious answer."He was pretty far out of it from that shot. I put some ice on it and tied him down, but he fell asleep pretty fast. I think he probably slept straight through." That's good. Why don't you go in the bathroom and clean up, then we'll check him out."I went into the bathroom and used the toilet. I came out a few minutes later, worried I might have taken too long. My body is used to doing its thing when I got up."Ah, there you are. Well, one thing we don't have to. Me – Yup, Cool! Don’t worry and I catch up with you soon then!I put the phone down and there came the text in just 30 seconds. It was some house address. I was more bothered about my shooting and money, than where I was about to go.Time flew by and it was Sunday. I got up early @ 6 am. Made myself a nice breakfast meal of egg sandwiches and got ready by 8.30 am. I left my house early, as I didn’t want to upset my new employer. I reached there by 8.45am, pressed the door bell, and there was this. .”He gave me that look ... you know the one ... the one that says, “Don’t make me make you regret it.”“Wendy Austin ... Attorney at Law,” I said.“That is a lawyer?” He said, “I expected she’d be a centerfold.”“Exactly my thinking ... until she foxed me into marrying her.”That brought us BOTH to a standstill.The Sheriff made a simple statement, “Does Karen know?”“Yup ... what she said was, ‘Stay out of Colorado.’”“Colorado?”“Common law,” I said. Then I had to explain the circumstances. So ....