Chapter 21
After ten days on the road, they’d managed to cover about a hundred and fifty miles.
“We’re going to take tomorrow as a rest day,” Steve told them as they made camp. “We’re far enough from Willow Crick that we can relax our guard, but only for a bit.” In spite of that fact, he felt they still needed to stay alert.
Sharps agreed with him, although Steve could see the younger man would have preferred to push on. He probably wanted to get to a town that had a preacher so he could marry the widow. She’d been short with them after their run-in with the men from Willow Crick, but it hadn’t taken long for Sharps to win her over and have her lingering next to him, touching his shoulder and smiling at him with big, sad eyes.
Steve shook his head and watched sourly as Sharps rested hi
