![]() “Jilly is the mathematician in the family,” Michelle said. Jilly and Michelle both turned to look, then they grinned at him. “I’d say more like four thousand five hundred.” ![]() Jilly picked up one of the rocks Zane had busted the quartz off of. “I estimate we’ve found around three thousand dollars’ worth of gold this morning.” Michelle gave Zane one very sassy glance, then went to walk with Jilly to study the gold. He noticed she only had eyes for the gold, and who could blame her? “Wow, that’s a rich vein of gold.” Jilly barely glanced at Michelle or Zane. “What are you doing up here?” Zane heard the snap in his voice. She led the pinto gelding she seemed partial to. ![]() Her eyes were so green it was like the trees had shared their color. Her red hair glowed against the green leaves. “I made noise deliberately, afraid you’d be jumpy.” Jilly came in. ![]() Almost shooting a woman shook him badly enough he missed his holster when he tried to shove his pistol into it. A loud rustling in the trees made Zane surge to his feet and draw his pistol. ![]()
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