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Chapter 6

Green-Eyed Cheri

As Dan left his house, his mind was in turmoil. How could he have said to Jenene what he just said? By the same token, she had no right to call him a bastard. Simply too much was happening today. No man should have to endure this much agony in one day. Maybe he could get some ease of mind at Flaherty’s. There must be some of the gang down there. Maybe he could find out some more about the governor’s death. What killed him? he wondered. Heart attack, murder, suicide? Arnie had told him he was to kill the governor next month, and Arnie was dead before he barely hit the street. And now this note under the cabin door. Jenene had thought it was a threat against her life, but could it be it was a threat against his own life since he had only assumed they did not know he had met with Arnie?

A drink would sure be welcome about now! he thought.

As he entered Flaherty’s, he spotted Tom Harding and Cheri. As Tom waved him over to the table, Dan felt a pounding in his chest as he once again looked into Cheri’s green, green eyes.

Damn, he thought, just how much can a man take in one day?

Cheri smiled at him as he sat down, and for a moment, he forgot he was mad at the world. Flaherty’s was abuzz with the news of the governor’s death, everyone in a seemingly state of shock, and the television from over the bar blared constantly, each anchorman speculating on what had caused the governor’s death, and although quick to point out that cause of death was unknown at this time, they kept repeating that apparently his death was not from natural causes.

Dan drank his drink very quickly and ordered yet another and another. He started thinking about the way he had slammed out of the house and left Jenene without really discussing the note she had found under the cabin door with an apparent threat to her life. But perhaps the warning was not really intended for her but for himself. Maybe the same someone who wiped out Arnie was after him. But why, if this was the case, warn him? Nothing made sense. Maybe he should swallow his pride and go back to the house and try to figure this out. As he started to leave, he felt a warm hand on his leg. As he looked up, he found himself once again locked into those incredible green eyes. Dan ordered another drink!