Chapter 11“How you doin’, sweetheart?”
Eliza jumped from her cot. “Ford?”
He stepped from the shadows, approaching her cell door. “I came as soon as I could.”
“Reid said he wouldn’t let me see you,” Eliza said, her eyes stinging with relieved tears. “I thought I wouldn’t get a chance to talk to you again. How did you get past the deputies?”
“It’s amazing what a man will do for a bit of gold,” Ford said with a grin. “But I don’t have much time.”
“What are we going to do?”
“You mentioned Reid came by earlier,” Ford said, as he twined his fingers through hers. “What did he tell you?”
“I’m…scheduled…it’ll happen the day after tomorrow at noon. He said it was a shame that you…” Eliza stopped herself, suddenly unsure of what his reaction would be to Reid’s words. “He says it’s about reven
