Luke nodded in the affirmative. “That’s fine, ma’am, but we need to be moving while you’re calling, because I don’t know how long we have until the fellows doing all that shooting in town get tired of playing war and start heading this way.”
Finishing, Ellis looked directly at her while Annie watched and listened to their interaction, head moving from one to the other as the duo conversed.
Ellis spoke to the mystery woman once more, this time with a bit more assuredness.
“Obviously, all this shooting and gunfire has something to do with you, ma’am.”
Falling silent, he looked directly at her, waiting for her response.
The woman pulled up short and looked back at the former soldier. She sketched an innocent, befuddled look and planted it firmly on her face.
“I don’t know what you mean,
