Santa Fe Edge
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“I’ve got some business to take care of,” Eagle said.
“Where?”
“It’s better if you don’t know.”
“I want to come with you,” she said.
“I’m sorry, no.”
“Ed, if you’re going to do this you’ll have a better chance of bringing it off if there are two of us.”
Eagle closed his suitcase and stared at her. “Listen to yourself. Where do you think I’m going?”
“ San Francisco,” she replied.
“Why San Francisco?”
“Because that’s where Barbara is.”
“Do you think I’m going to Barbara?”
“I think you’re going for Barbara.”
Eagle thought about that for a moment. “No. You have to stay here.”
“What makes you think you can tell me what to do?” she asked, her hands on her hips.
“I don’t know,” Eagle said. “I never tried before.”
She walked over and put her arms around his waist and her head on his shoulder. “And don’t you ever try again,” she said.
Eagle sighed and kissed the top of her head. “All right,” he said. “Pack a bag.”
She ran to her dressing room.
Eagle went back into his dressing room and opened his safe. There was an old.45 in there, one he hadn’t fired for years, one somebody had given to him, one that couldn’t be traced back to his ownership. He checked the magazine, pocketed another, then put the weapon into a holster and threaded it onto his belt.
When he came back into the bedroom he saw Susannah about to close her suitcase. Her little Smith & Wesson Ladysmith was lying on top of her clothes. “You ready?” he asked.
“More than ready,” she said, zipping the bag shut.
Eagle called the airport and asked that his airplane be pulled from its hangar and refueled, then he and his wife got into his car and headed out.
TEDDY CRADLED LAUREN in his arms. They had just made love, and this was the time he liked most.
“Teddy,” Lauren said, “do we live in Santa Fe now? Is this our home?”
“It is,” Teddy replied. “Until it isn’t.”
AUTHOR’S NOTE
I am happy to hear from readers, but you should know that if you write to me in care of my publisher, three to six months will pass before I receive your letter, and when it finally arrives it will be one among many, and I will not be able to reply.
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A list of my published works appears in the front of this book and on my website. All the novels are still in print in paperback and can be found at or ordered from any bookstore. If you wish to obtain hard-cover copies of earlier novels or of the two nonfiction books, a good used-book store or one of the online bookstores can help you find them. Otherwise, you will have to go to a great many garage sales.
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