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" excuse me?"

"why were you speeding?"

her eyebrows drew together. "i don't understand."

"you're in glenwood, ma'am, and we have a tradition here. if you can
tell me a story i haven't heard before, i have to let you go."

her mouth curved up slightly. it made her look pretty. he had a
feeling she would be hell on wheels if she let go enough to really
smile. "you're kidding?"

"no, ma'am." he adjusted his stetson.

"have you ever let anyone go?"

he thought for a minute, then grinned. "i stopped miss. murietta
several years ago. she was hurrying home to watch the last episode of
dallas on tv."

"and you let her off the hook?"

he shrugged. "i hadn't heard that excuse before. so what's yours? i've
been in the sheriff's department almost twelve years, so it'll have to
be good"

elizabeth abbott stared up at him and started to laugh. she stopped
suddenly, drew in a deep breath and seemed to fall toward the steering
wheel. she caught herself and clutched her midsection.

"mommy?" the little girl beside her sounded frantic.

"mommy?"

"i'm fine," elizabeth said, glancing at her.

but travis could see she wasn't fine. he realized the look in her eyes
wasn't fear, it was pain. he saw it in the lines around her mouth and
the way she paled even more under her tan.

"what's wrong?" he asked, stuffing his ticket book into his back
pocket.

"nothing," she said. "just a stomachache. it won't go away. i was
going to a walk in clinic to see if they could- " she gasped and nearly
doubled over. the seat belt held her in place.

travis opened the car door and crouched beside her. "you pregnant?" he
asked. he reached for her wrist and found her pulse. it was rapid. her