“I'm surprised you stayed,” he said to Wesley, who stood beside him. A little further off, Jesse paced nervously.
“I know James will watch over them,” Wesley replied, “but if I came home without Lydia, my wife might not speak to me for a month. Besides, I had another thought about where they might be holed up, and it's not too far from here.”
“You know a place I don't, Wes?” Jesse, passing by, cut in.
“How do I know whether you know it?” Wesley replied. “You did all your courting aboveboard… when you were here.” He leveled a wholly inappropriate smirk on his friend, which Dylan attributed to tension. “I, on the other hand, know a few spots to be alone, should the need arise. There's a ruin of a house, about a half-mile east of here. I've been there. It wouldn't be much since it's not mu
