In Charge

The odds were stacked against Clint coming out of any gun battle alive, so Cole let his gun swing down on his trigger finger so the upside-down barrel was pointing at himself. Then he crouched slowly and placed it on the floor.
"Lucy, this isn't - "
She had no idea what her husband meant to say, but she didn't want to hear.
"Shush, Joshua. I'm in charge here." She hadn't even turned her head to look at him. Instead her eyes were fixed on Eddie Sherman, Doc Morris and Mickey O'Donohue. "Now you, gentlemen. Y'all drop your gun belts."