Jake Randolph: Origins Pt. 119

Things accelerated faster than I'd anticipated, though, when I heard vehicles rumbling over the hill. Through a cloud of desert dust two cars approached the adobe as well as a delivery truck. I could only hope they were delivering furniture to the adobe.

I pretended to be drawing water from the well when all the vehicles came to a stop. I looked up from under the sombrero's brim to see Col. Hall alight from one of the cars. The other car held two men. The driver of the vehicle got out and opened the passenger side door for another man...