“Of course not, but I had to tell her something. It had to be something big enough, and that was what came to mind. I gave her Wilbur Snow’s description.”
Todd put a hand out, stopping his mate. “We weren’t supposed to be on that train, and the conductor is going to start checking the manifest. Heidi is right; we shouldn’t be here.”
The errant train cars had stopped. Flames were shooting out of the first car and smoke was coming from the second.
“Now you two get out of here before they show up. Getting that fire out before the whole area is set ablaze will be enough of a distraction,” Heidi said.
“Those horses probably didn’t go far,” Nick said.
“I’ll see they’re caught and returned to their owners.” Heidi patted his arm. “You are both good sentries. Seeing you possibly arrested and u
