Chapter 11

Maybe just tell Lane I have another man who I made a commitment to. That’s true, but the problem is how that commitment now feels. Maybe once I see Jack it’ll all come back. Maybe Lane was good just because he was there and willing. Maybe it is Jack I love.

Now comes deciding when to tell Lane. We’ll likely hit a saloon first, then take a meal, then get rooms for the night. Maybe while all that goes on something will come to me.

Town doesn’t look as good as it should, and when we stop at the Acme Saloon, I don’t dismount. Lane takes note and stays on his horse till the others are inside. “What’s up?” he asks.

“How about we try another saloon?”

His pause says he gets the why of this. “Sure. They’ve all got liquor.”