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| hear? I've got a good business goin' out here. I just never planned on comin' face to face with you." |

| Sasha gaped openly at Ashton. She could tell that his acquaintance with this filthy kangarooer was of long standing. As with Stanford Sidwell, they seemed to have a history of knowing one anotherand not on friendly terms. |

| Each day it seemed that she was discovering more and more mysteries about the man she loved. |

| Ajax wheeled his horse around and rode away, his men following him. Ashton flipped his revolver back in its holster and ran to his horse. "Come on, Crispin!" he shouted, swinging himself into his saddle. "Let's make sure they don't circle around and come back!" |

| Numbly, Sasha watched Ashton and Crispin ride away, then watched the rest of the men return to their duties. "Lightning, I doubt if I'll ever get bored out here in the outback," she said, smoothing her hand along the pup's soft fur. "Every day there seems to be someone different appearing out of nowhere." |

| The sound of a horse and buggy approaching made Sasha grow cold inside, knowing without looking who it was. Stanford Sidwell. Setting Lightning to the ground, she turned and awaited his arrival. Her pulse raced, knowing that this was the time to change her mind. With Ashton not there to witness her leaving with Stanford, how would he even know whether or not she had? Wouldn't it be easy to say that she had? It would be only a small lie. |

| The horse and buggy wheeled to a halt beside Sasha. She smiled weakly up at Stanford, yet she |

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