I sat in the rain with Daniel lying beside me. Even from where I was, the heat seared my skin like hot sand. Someone had found a quilt and draped it over him. It covered him all except for his face. He didn’t look mad at me now or pained because I’d sold him out. His eyes were closed as if he was…not asleep, I guess. Maybe just resting. But I knew that wasn’t so. He was too still, alone in a place where I couldn’t reach him. I must have been out there a while because it was only drizzling and my shirt and pants were soaked through. Someone squeezed my shoulder.
“Come on, son. Let’s get you out of this rain. We got to see to that nose.” The marshal was there, and Anne was too, next to him. I didn’t look around, and I didn’t argue. I just stood. Anne didn’t say anything at first. She just l
