Book 6 - Circuit Judges: Death Comes To Town - Rhoda By Amanda A. Brooks

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Here is an excerpt from Book 6 - CIRCUIT JUDGES: DEATH COMES TO TOWN - RHODA.

PRETENDED TO BE ASLEEP

My Models Inspiration for

Circuit Judge Lucas "Luke" Stiles - Luke Perry ❤️

Circuit Judge Adam Stone - Paul Greene 

Circuit Judge Nicholas "Nick" Reese - Tyler Hynes

Rhoda Fenton - Maria Bello

My Song Inspiration

RIDERS ON THE STORM by THE DOORS

Tucson, Arizona

May 4, 1882

“Is everyone asleep?” Luke asked.

“Everyone except us,” Adam sarcastically said. “It’s almost midnight and we need to be up at the crack of dawn.”

“You can sleep when you’re dead, Adam,” Luke pointed out. “What we need to discuss is more important than your beauty sleep.”

Glaring at both Luke and Adam, Nick exclaimed, “You two are acting more like boys than men! Stop arguing and let’s get on with this!”

Luke sighed.

He then said, “I’m planning on turning Rhoda over to Velma. She’s way too dangerous to have around.”

“She’s a very dangerous and very loose cannon,” Adam pointed out. “I’m tired of sleeping with one eye open every night.”

“And I’m tired of all of you thinking that I’m going to murder you in your nice, warm beds. I told you that I’m not going to. When are you going to start trusting me?”

Luke, Adam, and Nick quickly turned around to find Rhoda standing behind them!

Due to the moonlight, they could see hurt written all over her face.

Long moments of very intense silence passed before Luke finally said, “We thought that you were sound asleep.”

“Did you now?” Rhoda bitterly asked. She then just stared intently at Luke, Adam, and Nick for a long moment before finally saying, “I pretended to be asleep. As you know all too well, I barely sleep. If I let down my guard, I’d no doubt be dead.” And then, suddenly laughing a dry, bitter laugh, she added, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead. Isn’t that right, Circuit Judge Stiles?”

Luke just stared intently at Rhoda for a long moment before finally asking – despite the fact that he already knew the answer to his question - “How much did you overhear?”

Suddenly glaring at Circuit Judge Stiles, Rhoda said, “I am leaving for Mexico right this very minute to murder Aloysius Ryan in cold blood. Once I do, I will disappear off the face of this earth. Neither you nor Velma will be able to find me. And if you even dare to try, you will end up six feet under!”

She then quickly hurried towards her waiting horse, climbed up onto it, and quickly rode towards Mexico!

When Adam and Nick started to hurry back towards the campfire and their horses to go after her, Luke simply said, “Let her go. For now.”

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