“We don’t got a woman or a little girl with us!” His voice was loud and clear. Moses peered around the corner and saw his friend standing in the middle of the street. Ned was making himself a target, giving Moses the time and opportunity to get the drop on the shooters, but it wasn’t the distraction Moses had intended, and concern for his friend muddled his thinking. “We didn’t specify it was a little girl!” the first man shouted. He was barely five yards from Moses, in the next alley over. “Neither did I,” Ned said. “Yes, you did,” the second gunman yelled out. “You said you didn’t have a
...more
