"That's the reason you was so willin' to sign all the papers that wanted Will Bransford's signature.

I sure was a boxhead for not tumblin' to that." He laughed, meeting Mary's gaze and holding it.
"Talkin' of throwin' up the deal," he said.

"That couldn't be.

Dale an' Silverthorn an' Maison an' their gang of cutthroats couldn't make me give it up.

There's only one person could make me do that.