As usual, the wrangler with his hosses wuz trailin' the wagons, an' we really wuzn't much concerned with him, anyway. We started shootin' as soon as t...he last wagon in the train wuz in the right place, so the wrangler took off with his hoss at a dead run as soon as he heard the gunfire. We ignored him, soz he got clean away; he wuz lucky! The hosses kinda milled around, not knowin' what ta do. Nobody shot at them, soz they wuz all right, right where they wuz.Exra had the honor of the first shot,. “Don’t move,” Dani instructed.In an instant, she slipped a cloth blindfold over my eyes and tied it behind my head.“My aunt won’t be back, and the store is closed,” Dani said, taking me by my hand and clumsily leading me to a large overstuffed chair, where she seated me. I pretend-protested that I didn't like the blindfold, when, in reality, I didn't really mind. I kind of figured Dani was up to something mischievous and fun, so I decided to play along.“Are you sure about this?” I asked.“I have. Well, we really don’t want this place no more.“We didn’t want to farm, or raise cattle and horses, in the first place. We just fell into it when we decided I was going to retire from the county. This was just some place to come to when I put down my badge, and somehow, we never quite managed to leave. Now’s our chance, see what I mean?“Ohhhhh, I seeeeeeee... !” I remarked, pretending to be offended. “You don’t want it anymore, so I get the hand-me-down ranch thingy and now I get stuck here, is. Then we just cuddled for a minute. Maybe it was really just she was missing, Scott not listening and cuddling with her. I don't know. “Well, if she really is that unhappy, maybe divorce is for the best. In the end it might be better for John. But she is really your friend and I've only met Scott a handful of times. So I can't say anything really. But just give them time. If it'll work out, then it will,” Jack said. “But that's just it, she is out of patience. So who the hell knows what will.