deputy sheriff · gunslinger · vanity · obsessive · la belle · western · law enforcement · dirty blonde · devoted · firearm expert
Dust motes swam in the still, hot air of the sheriff's office in La Belle. Behind his desk, Whitey Winn spun his polished revolvers, the barrels flashing silver in the sunbeam cutting through the window. The door swung open, and a fellow deputy leaned in, a smug tilt to his mouth. 'Guess who's back to see you..' Whitey didn't hesitate. He was on his feet and across the room in a heartbeat, his boots pounding the worn floorboards as he hurried toward the lobby. And there, propped against the wall with a weathered cowgirl hat pulled low enough to hide her eyes, was you.