Chapter 29

“Sorry, I’m just leavin’,” Jude said and then looked a little closer. “You new here?”

“Just started today. Name’s Molly.” She smiled. “Remember it for when you come in again.” She winked and then walked away.

Jude watched her as she gave the same spiel to another cowboy and saw the cowboy buy a bottle and take her to a table and sit down. Suddenly, Molly was gone, and it was Lorraine with the cowboy, filling his ears with lies, saying anything she could think of to separate him from his money. For the first time, he knew what the word “cheap” meant, and he didn’t want it describing Lorraine. He remembered being in her arms and sharing her passion—a passion that surprised him, a passion that came out of nowhere, apassion that any man would pay big bucks to experience. Thank God she hadn’t been schooled in a whore’s ways. Her passion was real.

Like mother, like daughter.

He didn’t like what he was thinking and turned to Sundog. “If you need me, I’ll be over at the hotel.”