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participation.
 A diversion, Caleb said. Despite Sarah s protests, he insisted on
sitting up and leaned his back against the wall.
 I agree. Hall said.  As well, we discovered Larson was a guest
at the hotel. Soon as the building is deemed safe to enter, my deputies
are going to search his room. Might find something. Never know.
Sarah figured if Caleb was stubborn enough to sit up, he could
answer a few questions.  You said we d talk later. Well, it s later.
Now what do we do, since we have no idea of who sent that man?
 Correction, we don t know who, precisely, but we have a pretty
good idea where to find your enemy.
Sarah knew she looked confused. She turned to Joshua hoping he
would clear matters up.
 When we were in Springfield, Joshua explained,  we had
Sheriff MacLean send two telegrams, one to your father, one to
your& one to Tyrone Maddox, Joshua explained.  Each one
specified a different town in Texas where we d be.
 Maddox got the one that said we d be coming to Denison. Caleb
said.
Sarah closed her eyes in relief. There d been a tiny part of her that
was afraid her father might have been behind this villainy, after all.
His sale of her to Maddox had shown she really didn t know what she
could expect from the man who sired her.
 Maddox. Do you think he& 
 We have no proof that he is behind the attempts on your life. We
do know that it has to be someone close to him, at the very least. How
else to know where we d be?
Sarah sighed.  So still no answers.
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 But we re closer. We have to get to Waco, quietly, without
Maddox being any the wiser. Then we ll send off some more
telegrams. We need to have a few more pieces of the puzzle revealed
to us, including the details to your inheritance.
 My inheritance? I don t get that until I m twenty-five. Besides, I
doubt it s more than a few thousand dollars. What does that have to
do with anything? Sarah felt totally confused.
 I ve known men who ve killed for a lot less, Bat Masterson
said. Then he turned his attention to Caleb.
 I wish I could go with you to Waco, see this thing through to the
end.
Something about the way he said that made Sarah feel that both he
and Caleb knew more about the situation than she did.
 I wish you could, too. Have to tell you, I for certain owe you one.
Thanks.
 If you re planning on settling in the Waco area, I may find my
way over there in a few months.
 You re always welcome, Joshua said.
 So what s next? I m sorry to sound crabby, but I am awfully
darned tired of people trying to kill me.
 Adam might have an idea how we can proceed, Caleb told her.
 If I know him, and I do, he s been digging away, finding out
information. No one is better at that than he is.
 So in other words, we have to go to Waco in the morning
anyway.
 You ll like Waco, Joshua said.  Trust us.
She did trust them. Sarah yawned just then and found herself the
focus of all four men.
 Sorry. I m exhausted.
 Not much left of the night. I reckon you could use a bit more
sleep, and maybe some fresh clothes. Only place I figure you can
come by both and remain out of sight in case that Larson had
another accomplice is Cora s, Sheriff Hall said.
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Sarah wanted to ask who, or what, was Cora s, but she was
entirely too exhausted by the night s events to care.
The sheriff had one of his deputies fetch a buckboard from the
livery, and amidst the dying furor caused by the fire on Main Street,
she allowed Joshua to hand her into the wagon after she was assured
that Caleb had boarded and been made as comfortable as possible.
She wondered at the laughter in the eyes of both the Sheriff and Bat
Masterson as she bid them goodnight, almost as much as she
wondered why neither Caleb nor Joshua would meet her gaze.
Five minutes later, she decided that she really should have asked
about Cora. She shook her head, gave it up, and with the Benedict
brothers, entered the whorehouse.
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Chapter 18
Joshua wanted to kill Tyrone Maddox. He had no doubt
whatsoever that the man was behind the attacks on Sarah.
The clackety-clack of the train wheels against the rails droned on,
and since both Sarah and Caleb slept, Joshua was left alone with his
thoughts, and all he could think was that he wanted, very badly, to kill
Tyrone Maddox.
He didn t need any more evidence to tell him what this was about.
Rich bastard thought he could marry Sarah, then kill her and collect
her inheritance?
The miles toward Waco disappeared one at a time, and Joshua
sincerely hoped it wouldn t take long to bring this mystery to a close.
He was looking forward to beginning a new life, just him and his
brother and Sarah. He had no doubt that before long, she would
belong to them completely.
He d come too close to dying during the war to turn his back on
love or happiness once he d found them. For him, those two words
had one definition, and that was Sarah.
Joshua knew Caleb felt pretty much the same way, which was one
of the reasons, he reckoned, they had no trouble between them, both
loving her.
His gaze landed on his brother, arm bound in a sling, an
expression of pain on his face even in sleep. He hadn t spiked a fever
so far, thank God.
It took no effort to see again the events of the day before
yesterday. Never far from his thoughts was his memory of shielding
Sarah alongside his brother, of hearing the impact of lead against
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flesh and feeling Caleb jerk. He knew his brother had been shot, and
for one terrifying moment, he feared the worst.
Beside him, Sarah stirred. She slept with her head against the
window. Gently, Joshua eased her toward him.
She sighed softly and snuggled into him.
 Is Caleb all right? she asked.
 He s fine, sweetheart. He s just sleeping. Joshua kept his voice
low, needing to keep their conversation private. Only a handful of
travelers shared the rail car at this point, but Joshua didn t know any
of them, which meant he didn t trust any them.
 Neither one of us got much sleep last night, she said softly.
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