Two Lives by Silvia
Two Lives by Silvia * Chapter One Murdoch Lancer looked from one son to the other and sighed. It was Saturday night, and the Lancers were sitting in silence in the hacienda ’ s great room. Scott was in an armchair to his right, his legs stretched out in front of him, pretending to read a book. Johnny was sitting on the thick rug in front of the fireplace, watching the dancing flames. The sound of laughing and whooping men filtered into the room. The ranch hands were riding into town without his sons, which only confirmed Murdoch ’ s suspicions that what had happened the day before in Green River was keeping the boys from leaving the ranch tonight. He knew now that the problem was worse than he had thought after a tormented Johnny had, surprisingly, asked him for advice on how to deal with the situation. It was supposed to be a simple trip to town. He ’ d sent the brothers to Green River to get six rolls of barbed wire. They were also to collect t