Chapter 16

Whiskey Hill’s reputation for booze and lust is known all over Texas along with the local bad boys. You’re playing with fire. Jude Bonner, Shiloh, Blaze, and Sundog are killers. Go back to Boston!

She looked at the note front and back, wondering when it had been delivered.

Maybe the hotel clerk would know.

She quickly got up, put her hat back on, straightened her dress, and left her room. While she was going down the stairs, she saw Jude coming up. They stopped when they saw each other.

“Lorraine.”

“Leave me alone,” she said as she hurried down the stairs. Just as she reached him, he stretched his arm across to the other side and clutched the banister to keep her from passing. She stopped and glared at him. “If you will please remove yourself, I will continue on my way.”

“Where are you going?”

“Is that any of your business?”

“I think it is. While you’re in town, I’m responsible for you.”