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prove I'm
worthy, Tommy,” she whispered to her reflection. “You'll see.”
    After spritzing herself with a
cheap, floral scent, Sarah tidied her room. Just as she was about
to head down to the bar, she heard voices coming up through the
open window.
    “She looked so horrible, Josh. I
can't wait idly by while your men try and track Brennan down.
Somebody knows where he is!”
    Sarah looked down on Zooey
Pinkerton and Sheriff Duncan as they walked down the dusty road. A
surge of panic spread through her belly. “Nobody will hurt my
Tommy. I'll fix you, Zooey Pinkerton. I'll be damned if you ruin my
plans to get out of this stinking saloon.”
    Flushed and angry, Sarah tossed
her bottle of scent across the room. She watched it smash into
slivers on the floor, engulfing the room with a heady, floral
fragrance.
    A knock on the door startled
Sarah. She hurried to clean up the mess she had created.
    “Sarah? Everything aright? You
need to get downstairs. The bar will be filling up soon. It's
payday. You damn well know what that means! Men want to spend their
cash.”
    A shudder racked through Sarah's
body at the thought of the rough, work-worn hands of the cattle men
and cowboys. They liked to paw her as she sang and served
drinks.
    “I'll show everyone I'm no dumb
blonde. Just wait and see.” Sarah hissed under her breath as she
mopped up the perfume. She stood and smoothed out the creases in
her skirt. Satisfied she was presentable; Sarah pasted on her
famous fake smile and headed down to the bar for another days
work.
     
    * * *
     
    Zooey could hear the strains of
piano music coming from the saloon as she and Joshua entered the
Sheriff’s office. After seeing Marta’s swollen face, broken arm,
and broken spirit, it made her more determined than ever to find
Tom Brennan.
    Zooey stopped and stared up at
Joshua's face. “Can't help but think of Marta’s face. She's been
destroyed, Josh. Tom Brennan has destroyed so many lives…and for
what? Greed? All for a man...a “boss” that nobody seems to
know?”
    “Oh, I'm certain somebody knows.
It's a matter of weeding out fact from fiction and finding someone
willing to rat him out.”
    “Sheriff Duncan!”
    Joshua turned to see one of his
deputies come charging through his office door. “You may want to
read this.”
    The young deputy tipped his hat
to Zooey and threw a thin sheet of paper down on Joshua's desk. It
was a telegraph sheet but Zooey didn't get a chance to look at it
before Joshua grabbed it. “Are you sure about this, Arnie?” He
asked the young deputy.
    “Yes sir. Just got it from the
telegraph office myself.”
    “What is it, Josh?”
    “It looks like we'll finally
find out who Tom Brennan's boss is!”
    Zooey scowled and leaned across
the desk, snatching the paper from the Sheriff's hands. “What do
you mean?”
    “A good contact of mine across
county got word of someone important coming into town. Considering
your father's ranch is a big grab, it wouldn’t surprise me if the
boss himself was coming to survey the property.”
    A surge of excitement swept
through Zooey’s body, charging her with some much needed energy.
She ran her hand along the barrel of the Colt revolver in her
waistband. “We need to be out there waiting for him!”
    Joshua eyed Zooey's hand and
frowned. “Keep that weapon right where it is, Miss Pinkerton!”
    “Miss Pinkerton?” she asked.
“Josh, be serious. If you know this man is coming, then why can't
you wait for him out at the ranch? You could plan some kind of
sneak attack.”
    “This guy is sophisticated
enough to avoid detection. Do you think he's going to march down
the centre of town with flags raised for all to see?”
    “No, I suppose not,” Zooey
shrugged, deflated. “Damn it all!”
    Joshua moved in close to Zooey
and placed both hands on her slender shoulders. “I know it’s
frustrating. Just let me see what else I can find out. I have to be
discreet about it or Brennan and his men will know