If not, well, then he’d tell his father he was sorry when he joined him in hell.ĭecision made, he went back to waiting. If there was a way to save him, then Michael would-as long as it didn’t endanger Tate. Not because the stupid son of a bitch didn’t deserve it, but Michael had a deathbed promise hanging over his head, and even though he knew it was superstitious nonsense, it didn’t feel that way.Ĭharlie had crossed the line. He just didn’t like the idea of Charlie dying. That was a fact and nothing would change it.

What if it came down to that? To choosing between Tate and Charlie? What then? Still, the idea of walking into the saloon and shooting Charlie made him sick. As fucked up as Charlie was, Michael was still responsible. When anything went wrong with Charlie, his mother had given him this real disappointed look. He’d just been a little kid, like every other little kid, and he’d been Michael’s responsibility, even back then. Remembering when he was a kid, when Charlie was really young and his mom was still alive. “You’re just lucky it was me who came after you. Her hand was on her cheek and she was crying. Bay, who wasn’t responsible, who had nothing to do with anything, had gone flying back into her pristine office with the fresh flowers and the expensive furniture. The crack was loud and the pain shot up her arm and hurt like the devil. Don’t you-” Sara turned, fury so great inside her that she thought she might burst or go crazy or…She pulled back, and when she swung it was with all her weight behind her. This was purely a coincidence, a tragic one, but it had nothing to do-” “I’m very sorry for what’s happened to Tate, but you must know that I bear no responsibility. She had to know she was going to die.” Sara wiped the tears from her face with the heel of her hand. You understand what she went through? Her worst fear in the world, and she had to live through it.

Which will only mean one thing-they’ve killed her. And it’s entirely possible she won’t be coming back. “What are you, insane? She’s been kidnapped.

Kidnapped! by Jo Leigh