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shoulder,” she said.
                  Joe laughed and said, “You idiot.”
                  Abby jumped on her advantage and said, “Joe.  You’re the Texan.”
                  Elliot rolled his eyes and said, “I told you to keep your mouths shut.”
                  Joe laughed and moved away from the group as Jake went back behind the bar.
                  “Luke.  The big brown eyes are a dead giveaway.  Gus.  It’s the hat.”  She moved to stand in front of Jack and Seth.  “Jack and Seth,” she said as she put a hand respectively on each of their arms.  “Mitch.  You carry yourself like a Sheriff.”  Standing in front of Owl, she spoke in the Sioux language that all three branches knew.  “Hau.  You’re Owl.  Nice to meet you.”
                  Owl’s brows rose and he smiled and responded in kind.  “Very good, sister.  Elliot didn’t tell us that you speak Sioux.”
                  She grinned at him.  “Elliot was right.  You are a very handsome man.  Hannah’s a lucky woman.”
                  Owl’s smiled turned a little bashful and those that understood Lakota laughed.  Abby moved on to Ben and started to draw a blank.  She closed her eyes for a moment and then opened them.  Her brow puckered as she concentrated.
                  Elliot began to speak, but she put a hand over his mouth and the group laughed as she said, “Hush!  I’m not ready to admit defeat.”  She paced back and forth as she stared at Ben.
                  Ben thought she’s cute as hell with that hair and pretty little face.  She's got a fine figure, too.  He wasn’t offended in the least.  He was rather glad that he presented a challenge to her. 
                  Suddenly she burst out with, “Ben the bouncer!”  She grabbed his forearm and bounced up and down a little as she laughed.  Then she hurried over to Elliot and held out her hand.  “Pay up!”
                  Elliot tried to scowl and failed as he dug out their penny and handed it over.  Abby whooped and put in her dress pocket.  “Victory!”
                  Sammi started laughing at her antics and couldn’t stop as she saw the look on Seth’s face. 
                  Seth looked between Elliot and Abby and said, “The bet was for only a penny?”
                  Sammi snorted and everyone laughed.
                  “Not just any penny, Seth,” Abby said.  “This penny has travelled back and forth across the country with every letter we sent, and there are a lot of letters.  It was to pay for each other’s thoughts.”
                  Suddenly Sammi’s laughter faded to be replaced by tears.  “That’s so romantic,” she said as she sniffed.
                  Mitch handed her his handkerchief and chuckled.  Sammi took it, blew her nose, and said, “Damn mood swings.”
                  Abby spontaneously hugged her.  “Aw.  Don’t worry, they’ll pass.”
                  To everyone’s surprise, Sammi hugged Abby back.  Then Abby said, “Okay, Jake, may I have a beer?”
                  Jake smiled and said, “Sure.  It’s on the house since you won the bet.”
                  “Thank you,” Abby said.
                  Joe watched Elliot’s face as he looked at Abby.  His expression was one of pride.  Joe couldn’t blame Elliot.  Abby was fun and had the most fantastic memory he’d ever seen.  He was glad that Elliot had found someone that had a good intellect such as Abby. 
                  “How is your baby girl, Jamie?” Abby asked the redhead.
                  Little Rosie Samuels had come along a couple of weeks after Elliot’s father had passed.  She had Jamie’s red hair and Luke’s dark