Daniel was gone again and there was no sense chasing after him, seeing as he blamed me for what happened. And besides, no one was looking for him now. I didn’t want to go into town, so I decided to head back to Miss Lil’s. I was looking for Jimmy. I was certain he was behind the botched-up robbery and I wanted to know why he mixed Daniel up in it after he promised he wouldn’t. I wasn’t keen on explaining to Miss Lil why I’d taken off with the mare the night before or what I’d been doing that morning, so I hoped I wouldn’t bump into her. I wasn’t sure how I would manage that, but Margaret solved it all for me. As I came around the back, she was carrying a basket load of folded laundry inside.
“My land, Master Sonny. You’re all a mess again,” she said when she saw me. “Was it Mr. Dodson did
