"You should know that Deedee—" Pap started to say before stopping and bending over to catch his breath. He never did finish his thought.
We got to the jail. I got off Horse and watched as Ben got off. We tied the horses to the hitching post and I opened the door to the jail and found Deedee Yonder dead asleep with a shotgun in her lap. She opened her eyes and the shotgun fell to the floor.
“Deedee,” I said. “Catching up on your sleep?”
“Aw, I weren’t asleep. I was thinking with my eyes closed. Who the hell is that you got with you? And what the hell happened to his face?”
“This here is Black Ben,” I said.
Deedee’s eyes went wide, then they narrowed. Then she said, “No, it ain’t.”
I looked at Ben and he looked at me and I looked back at Deedee and she pointed at a WANTED bill on the w
