As Sable banged out of the house, Storm knew the joke was over.
He looked over at the others and saw them staring at Sable as if she were some kind of monster that had just crawled up out of hell.
“What the hell just happened here?” Storm asked with a confused look on his face.
“God, Storm, I’m sorry. I can’t believe…” He hesitated. “She…”
“What, Saul? What?”
“The truth is, she’s always been a real hellcat and won’t take any guff off of anyone. She’s tried to hold it down since she’s been here, but the minute you said what you did about her being a woman, she just came apart.” He shrugged. “I’m afraid you’ve rattled her cage, Storm, and Sable, the wildcat, has escaped.”
“I can’t believe it!” Storm said as he looked through the screen door at her making her way toward the corral. “Sab
