He reached for her, brushing aside her soft light-brown hair, gently caressing around the scratches and bruises on her lovely face. “For you, too, Cheryl Beth,” he said.
“When you two kids are done with this sentimental crap, would somebody mind un-cuffing me?”
Will looked over and Dodds was awake, wiggling himself upright.
In a moment, they helped Will into the wheelchair. He was a mess and everything hurt. On a scale of one to ten, his pain was a ten.
He felt fine.
Jon Talton
Jon Talton is the author of the David Mapstone novels, which follow the adventures of a historian-turned-deputy, working the mean streets of the urban West.
Jon's first novel, "Concrete Desert," was hailed by Kirkus as "an impressive debut." The Washington Post said it "is more intelligent and rewarding than most contemporary mysteries." The series has continued with "Camelback Falls," "Dry Heat," "Arizona Dreams" and "Cactus Heart." "Dry Heat" received Arizona Highways magazine's best fiction award in 2005.
