Wolfhart Cattle Ranch, McIntosh County, Oklahoma:
Lottie watches as the cattle her parents own move towards the waiting trucks. She wipes the sweat out of her eyes as her and the rest of the men she works with herd the cows to the transport. This batch of cattle was going to the slaughterhouse to be slaughtered.

“They are all loaded, Lottie.” Charlie looks over towards Lottie as she sat on top of her brown and white spotted horse.

“Alright, let Harry know so he can transport them to the slaughterhouse.” Lottie uses to have a problem sending the cattle she helped raise to the abattoir. However, her parents explained to her that she shouldn’t become attached to them.

“Alright boss.” Charlie walks towards the front of the big rig to give Harry the go-ahead to get going.

“Alright men, let's get the rest of these cattle’s loaded up on the other trucks.” Lottie helps the men get the rest of the cattle on board the other trucks to be hauled to the abattoir.

Once all the cattle are loaded, she and the men head towards the chuckwagon to grab some lunch. She swings down from her horse. She loved riding her horse and raising cattle.

“Hey, Larry, what’s on the menu for today?” Lottie loved Larry’s cooking.

A smile appears on Larry’s old, weathered face as he looks at Lottie. He couldn’t believe the woman she has grown up to become. He remembered the day Alex and his wife Jessica came back from their meeting in Chicago with her.

She was a skinny, abused little girl that had been found wandering around in a dirty diaper. Alex’s wife Jessica told him how they found Lottie. Alex and his wife had been in Chicago on business when they spotted her on their way back to their hotel. The only thing she was wearing was a dirty shirt and a dirty diaper. The weather that night was down in the low teens.

Jessica has a soft spot for children, so they stopped to see what happened to her. They tried locating her parents but couldn’t locate them. Not even the Chicago Police Department could locate Lottie’s parents. All they could find out was that Lottie had been abandoned by her parents at a run-down park in a bad neighborhood.

“I thought you guys might like something light and easy to eat. So, I made steak sandwiches for all of you.” Larry looks at Lottie and the other cowboys standing near her.

“They better be better than the last ones you made for us, Larry,” Edward remembered the last ones Larry made.

“They will melt in your mouth, Edward.” Larry knew he messed up last time.

“They better.” Juan loved beef steaks, but the ones Larry made last time were tough.

Larry starts serving up the sandwiches. He made sure they were better than the last ones he served. He makes sure Lottie gets lots of veggies in her sandwich.

Lottie smiles as she accepts her plate from Larry. He knew she loved a lot of veggies on her sandwich.

“Thanks, Larry.” She grabs a cold bottle of water and walks over to sit with the guys.

She enjoyed being out on the property with the guys. Her parents practically raised her in the saddle. She loved the outdoors and being around the guys and animals. She sits on the ground enjoying her sandwich and homemade fries that Larry made as well. She watches as the white fluffy clouds drift across the sky.

Two older cowboys that were identical twins come over and join Lottie. Both men have looked after her as if they were her older brothers.

“So, have you decided what you are going to do after you graduate?” Butch looks at Lottie as he takes a bite from his sandwich.

“I thought I would stay here and work on the ranch. I’m not much into college life, like most of my friends.” Lottie knew most of her classmates were ready to get away from the simple life.

Some of them were joining the military. Some of them were going to different colleges. Some were going for the party life that colleges offer, and some were going to get degrees so they could get high-paying jobs in places like New York and Charlotte, N.C.

“That’s what we figured, but you should have a backup plan.” Cole looks at Lottie when he says that.

“That’s what my grandmother out in California said,” Lottie remembered the last time she went to California to visit her grandmother and grandfather. She had fun with them and her cousins.

“She is right because you never know when you’ll get hurt performing in the rodeo or out here herding cattle.” Butch has seen a lot of cowboys get so hurt that they couldn’t perform anymore or ride.

“I know. I just enjoy what I do.” Lottie liked being a cowgirl and being around the cattle.

“You could follow in your father’s footsteps and join the military.” Cole knew Lottie’s father use to be in the Army as an EOD specialist.

“I have problems with authority, you guys know that.” Lottie has had problems in the past with law enforcement and with some of her teachers at school.

“How about going back into cheerleading? You did well as a cheerleader.” Cole uses to watch Lottie as she practiced her cheers and routines.

“I only did that because of Beth Ann. She thought she was so good and popular as a cheerleader. She also became a stuck-up bitch as well.” Lottie uses to be Beth Ann’s friend until Beth Ann started acting like a bitch at school and around some of their friends.

“Didn’t Markus offer you a job down at the gun store?” Butch knew Markus has been talking about hiring Lottie because of how good she was with a gun.

Butch knew Lottie could hit anything while performing on her horse. She was extremely good on horseback and doing tricks while riding. A few movie companies have hired her to perform on horseback for their movies.

“Yeah, he has. I haven’t accepted yet, because I’m still technically underage.” Lottie wouldn’t mind working for Markus. She liked guns, especially old-style guns like they used in the old west. She had a set of guns that once belonged to the outlaw Rose Dunn.

“I think Markus knows that, Lottie.” Cole knew Markus knew Lottie was still underage to sell guns.

For the rest of lunch, Lottie, Cole, and Butch enjoy their meal. Once they were done eating, they go back to work. They still had to gather the herd and move them to a new area. They stop late into the evening and start setting up camp.

Lottie sets up her tent near Charlie’s and William’s tent. Normally, she would sleep outside near the campfire, but tonight she wanted some privacy. Charlie and William didn’t snore like everyone else.

She gets to undress and slip on her nightshirt. She lays down on her sleeping bag and pulls a book out of her saddlebag to read for a while. She had one of those portable lights that lit up her tent, so she could see.

After a while, she closes her book after reading two chapters and turns the light off. She listens to some of the guys as they tell stories or talk about their latest conquest. She knew it was a common thing for the guys to do. She grew up around them and listened to their stories.

Lottie slowly falls asleep inside her tent. She was happy that her parents found her thirteen years ago. She doesn’t know who her birth parents are or were, but it didn’t matter.

She’s woken up to the sound of Larry rattling the metal triangle. She opens her tent flap and stumbles out of the tent. She shivers as she steps on the wet grass. She looks over towards Larry’s chuckwagon “I swear I am going to shoot that damn triangle of yours.”

Lottie was having a nice dream and didn’t want to wake up. She walks over to the chuck wagon to grab herself a fresh cup of coffee. She was still wearing her nightshirt. The guys use to tease her about wearing it, but they stopped.

“What’s for breakfast, Larry?” Lottie takes a sip from her coffee.

“Cowboy hash, scrambled eggs, and grits.” Larry got up early to start cooking everything.

Lottie makes a face at the mention of grits. She wasn’t a big fan of grits.

“Alright, fix me up a plate, please.”

Larry fixes a plate for Lottie and hands it to her “eat up.”

“Thanks.” Lottie walks over to where the guys were and joins them.

After breakfast, everyone breaks camp and goes to work. They were herding a bunch of young cattle towards the main pastures near the main property. By late evening, the whole crew arrives back at the main building.

Lottie helps Larry with the chuck wagon. Anything that needs replacing, they will go shopping for. Since Larry normally uses the generator to keep the coolers and refrigerator inside cool. She plugs the wagon into the power outlet for it.

Larry makes sure the propane tanks are turned off. The last thing they needed was for it to go off. The chuckwagon was an old one that has been around for at least a hundred years. It was refurbished and updated with new equipment, so they could use it in the field.

Lottie lets stall her horse and give him some feed and special treats. As she brushes him, she hums a tune that she knows he likes. She raised him since he was born. She named him Dust Walker, because of how much dust he uses to kick up.

Lottie walks into the main house through the back door. She noticed her father’s Jeep was in the driveway and her mother was in the garage. Her old 1968 AMX was sitting in the garage next to her mother's car. She rebuilt it from the ground up with help from her father and brothers.

“Mom, I’m home.” Lottie takes the back stairs up to the second floor.

Lottie figures her parents were either outside on the front porch or outside somewhere. She walks into her bedroom and strips out of the clothes she has on. She walks across the hallway to the bathroom and starts filling the tub with the proper temperature water. She tosses in a scented oil ball. Afterward when the tub reaches the level she needed. She turns the water off and steps into the hot water.

A low moan escapes from Lottie’s throat as the hot water warms her body up. She, so miss this when she is out on the property. She leans her head back against the tub and closes her eyes. She wonders where her parents were.

When the water starts turning cold. Lottie drains the tub and dries off as she steps out of the tub. She wraps the towel around her body and one around her hair, before leaving the bathroom.

She walks into her bedroom and slips on a pair of loose shorts. She grabs her favorite off-the-shoulder shirt and put it on. She doesn’t bother with a bra, because it was just her, her mother, and her father. All her brothers were either in college or in the military.

Her older brother Ralph was following in their father’s footsteps. He joined the Army like their father and was getting trained to disarm explosives. As for her next older brother, Wayne. He was joining the air force as a pilot. Her third brother Richie was six years older than her
and he was in the Marines like their cousin. He was part of a special force’s unit.

Lottie goes looking for her parents and finds them in her father’s home office. She knocks before entering. She notices her parents were talking to their parents over video conference.

“Hi, grandma and grandpa.” Lottie waves to her grandparents as she walks over to stand with her mother.

Janet and Leland notice their granddaughter Lottie walking into their son’s office. A smile appears on their face “hey sweetie. Are you behaving your parents?”

“Yes ma’am. I just got done shipping off some of our cattle for the slaughterhouse.” Lottie sold the amount her father said to ship off.

“Sounds like you are getting the hang of the operation, sweetie.” Janet was proud of her granddaughter.

Lottie leans against her mother. She was happy that her grandmother was proud of her.

“Lottie, can you give us some private time with your parents please?” Leland knew they needed to finish informing his son and daughter-in-law of what is going on with the family.

“Sure, grandpa. Huggers!” Lottie turns around and walks out of her father’s office. She wonders what her grandparents and parents were talking about.

She walks into the kitchen to see if her mother had started on dinner and notices she hasn’t yet. Since tonight was meatloaf, Lottie grabs everything she needs to make it. She was pretty good at cooking. Her mother and grandmother taught her how to cook.

Once it was made and ready for the oven. She puts it in and starts prepping everything else for dinner. Her parents loved fresh vegetables and such. She makes biscuits from scratch, instead of using cans biscuits.

Once everything is made, she sits down at the counter and starts watching a movie. They were so far from town, that they had to use a satellite dish to access the internet and cable channels. Luckily, they got access to the satellite through their great aunt’s satellite service.

Lottie munches on an apple sitting in a bowl of fruit sitting on the counter. Her mother has always had a bowl of fruit for her and her brothers to munch on when they got home from school or practice. All three of her brothers played football or baseball. Her brother Richie was the baseball player in the family. He had been scouted by a major league team but wanted to go into the military as their older brothers did.

She played in the girls’ softball league, and was pretty good, but not like her brothers. She was the better horseback rider. She could do things her brothers couldn’t. She did take after them in racing cars. She was a pretty good dirt track racer and street racer. She beat her brothers several times racing.

That’s where she got in trouble with the law. She’s been driving since she was fourteen years old. First, she raced go-karts, then she got into kart racing, and then into dirt track racing. She would compete in her brother’s old car.

If she wasn’t dirt racing, she was cheerleading or performing on horseback. She was an ace when she was on horseback and firing at targets or doing tricks. She was also good at training and raising horses.

After an hour-n-half, her mother comes walking into the kitchen. Jessica notices that dinner was already being cooked. She looks at Lottie “thank you, sweetie.”

“You’re welcome, mom.” A smile appears on Lottie’s face.

Jessica checks on the items on the stove and turns the heat down. She knew Lottie had a habit of cooking items a little hotter than she needs to.

“How are grandma and grandpa, mom?” Lottie wonders why her grandparents wanted to talk with her parents in private.

“They are doing okay, considering the circumstances.” Jessica knew she needs to warn Lottie about what was going on with the family.

They piqued Lottie’s curiosity “what’s going on that has them worried?”

Jessica turns to look at her daughter “someone is attacking the family.”

“Why?” Lottie knew certain family members have enemies because of what they do.

“Revenge against your Aunt Sasha.” Jessica knew that Sasha did special jobs for Mrs. Blake.

“Who would want to hurt Aunt Sasha? She’s a rocker and stage magician?” Lottie has been to some of her aunt’s performances and spent a week with her and her family.

Jessica looks at Lottie and wonders if she should tell her daughter what else her aunt did? Normally, she would leave it to her husband, but he was busy right now.

“Lottie, your aunt does other types of work. She’s an agent for the government.”

“No way! Aunt Sasha is a secret agent?” Lottie couldn’t believe her youngest aunt was a secret agent.

“More like she goes after very dangerous people and brings them to justice. She uses her stage magician acts and rock concerts as cover for her true work.”

“Is the rest of her band, agents, as well?” Lottie has met all of them and liked them.

“No, just your aunt Sasha.” Jessica knew the other members of WildFire weren’t agents.

“Does Aunt Sasha’s and aunt Susan’s kids know their mother is a secret agent?” Lottie knew Rose was a performer like their mothers.

Gracie was still in school and sometimes acts as a backup singer for her sister and mother. Aunt Sasha’s newest daughters Robyn and Bunnie had their shows in Las Vegas. When Robyn wasn’t performing, she worked with the Los Angeles Police Department in their SWAT division.

Robyn wanted to go into law enforcement and help people. She knew aunt Sasha had a protégé that had her show as well.

“Yes, all your cousins know what their mother does. Some of them are doing the same thing as their mother. That includes Sasha’s protégé as
well.” Jessica knew that the California branch of Wolfhart’s was either military, law enforcement officers, lawyers, or doctors.

Her sons wanted to follow in their father’s footsteps and joined the military. Lottie was the only one who didn’t know what she wanted to do, besides work as a ranch hand.

“So, what does that mean for us? Are grandma and grandpa warning us?” Lottie was a little concerned.

“Let’s just say, if something seems weird to you or you think someone is following you. Let your father or one of the guys on the ranch know, okay?” Jessica trusted every ranch hand that worked for them.

“Okay.”

The rest of the evening, Lottie helps her mother with finishing dinner. She sets the table and goes and gets her father. She finds him still in his home office, going over some sales receipts.

“Daddy, dinner is ready.” Lottie walks over to her father.

Alex looks up at his daughter and smiles “Thanks, sweetie. There’s something I have to tell you after dinner.”

“If it has to do with why grandma and grandpa called. Mom already explained things to me. She said if I spot anything unusual or suspect something. I should either tell you or the guys.” Lottie knew she could trust them.

“That’s right, sweetie. Also, if you want to. You can call your grandparents later and talk with them.” Alex knew how much Lottie loved her grandparents.

“Thanks, daddy.” Lottie hugs her father.

Alex returns Lottie’s hug as he stands up. He has never regretted adopting her. Sure, she could be a handful like her brothers, but it was nice having a daughter. The two of them walk to the dining room to have dinner.

A Few Days Later, Shooter’s Gun Shop:
Lottie kneels on a pad as she cleans the selves and stock the shelves with new product. She had accepted Markus’s offer to work at the gun store. She couldn’t believe the paperwork she had to fill out and the background check she had to go through. She had a police record, but nothing serious that would stop her from working at a gun store.

The t-shirt she was wearing showed off her perky breasts, even with the bra she was wearing underneath the shirt. She was the only girl working at the gun store. Most of the guys knew who she was and how good of a shooter she was on horseback.

“Are you almost done of there, Lottie?’ James tries to spot Lottie, but she was kneeling on the floor between the aisles.

“Almost. I have two more shelves to dust and product to put up.” Lottie didn’t mind the busy work Markus or his assistant gave her to do. It kept her from being bored.

After about twenty minutes, she stands up with her knee pad in her hand. She uses it, so her knees wouldn’t hurt after kneeling on the concrete floor. She looks towards the counter and wonders how Markus manages to stay open and so well stocked with ammo.

She walks towards the counter to see what else there was to do. She has already polished several of the guns on display in the glass case. She reorganized the reload supplies out on the floor. Hung up the new camo gear that had come in. And dusted and restocked the floor shelves and it wasn’t even one o’clock yet.

James looks at Lottie “why don’t you take an early lunch. Nothing is going on.”

“Are you sure? I could watch the store while you’re at lunch.” Lottie didn’t mind taking a later lunch.

“No, go ahead and get some lunch.” James figures Markus would be back by the time Lottie gets back.

“Okay, if you need me, I’m going over to The Cowboy Cactus.”

“I figure you would.” James knew Lottie always spends her time over there.

Every cowboy around knew Lottie frequent the place. She held the best time on the mechanical bull. No one has been able to beat her. He watches as she walks out the front door and crosses the street.

Lottie walks across the street and down to The Cowboy Cactus. Her brothers use to bring her here when she was little and when she got her driver's license, she started coming on her own. She loved the place.

When she walks into the bar, she already could tell that some of the local cowboys she knew were already drinking. She walks up to the bar “hey, Jason. Give me a draft.”

“You know you’re not old enough for one.” Jason knew how old Lottie was.

“I won’t tell if you don’t.” A mischievous smile appears on her face.

“I’m not risking my ABC license on you, sweetie. I’ll pour you a coke.” Jason picks up a glass and fills it with soda.

“Thanks.” She watches as he fills her a glass with coke cola.

“So, what brings you in so early today?” Jason looks at Lottie.

“I’m on my lunch hour. Fix me a bacon burger with onion rings please.” Lottie was hungry, she skipped breakfast this morning.

“I thought you work for your parents?” Jason walks Lottie’s drink over to her.

“Thanks.” She takes a sip from it. “I do, but they thought I should expand my skills. So, I’m working for Markus across the street.”

“That has to be something new for you.” Jason places Lottie’s lunch order.

“It is, but I don’t mind.” She takes another sip from her glass.

“Aren’t you a little too young to sell guns?” Jason knew how old Lottie was.

“I can sell ammo and everything else, but I can’t sell guns. Which isn’t fair, since I’m a better shot than most people.” Lottie knew she was an extremely good trick shot on horseback.

“You almost lost your title last time.” Jason had watched as an up-and-coming female shooter from Texas had almost outshot Lottie on horseback.

Lottie would have lost had the girl not missed her last three targets. They were very tricky shots and Lottie only missed one. She has never missed them before.

Lottie burger arrives after a while, along with a basket of onion rings. She sits and enjoys the burgers and onion rings. She looks at her watch and notices it was almost time for her to be back at work.

“Here’s a twenty, Jason. Keep the change.” Lottie finishes her soda and heads back to work.

Lottie heads back to work. She was in a happy mood as she walks back into the store.

“I’m back, James. You can go to lunch.” Lottie heads towards the counter to help customers.

She spots Markus showing some guy one of their high-power rifles. Lottie tries to remember if she has seen him before, but couldn’t recall ever seeing him. She grabs a dustpan and a five-gallon bucket to clean up the brass on the gun range.

The next two go by without anything special happening. Lottie looks at her calendar and realizes that Joey Miller’s birthday was today. She was supposed to join him and several of their friends at the Cowboy Cactus after work today. She rushes to get ready for work and look for her mother.

She knew her father was out on the property with the guys checking on the herd. She misses being out there with everyone, but her parents wanted her to have more experience other than being a cowgirl and performing. She finds her mother in the laundry room “mom, I won’t be home after work tonight. Joey Miller is having his birthday bash up at the Cowboy Cactus tonight.”

“Alright, sweetie. Remember, young lady. You’re not old enough to drink. So, I don’t want to smell alcohol on your breath when you come home.” Jessica remembered the last time Lottie got so drunk, that she had to pick her up.

The next morning, Lottie was walking around feeling sick to her stomach and had a hangover so bad. She couldn’t stand any loud noises.
“I promise mom. I’ll try to be home by midnight.” Lottie tries to keep her promise.

Lottie places a kiss on her mother’s cheek and grabs her purse on the way out the door. Normally, she didn’t take her purse with her, but she wanted to look nice for the party. She grabs the keys to her 68’ AMX Javelin and starts it up on the first turn of the key.

A smile appears on her face as she backs out of the garage. She and her brothers restored this car and souped it up. It could outrun the new police cruisers the sheriff's department just got. She links her cellphone to her car radio and listens to her favorite playlist.

It takes her forty-five minutes to arrive at work. She parks her car next to Markus’s pickup truck. As she gets out of her car, she looks at the newest add-ons he did to his truck. Her brothers were the same way with their trucks and muscle cars.

She enters the store and clocks in. She waves to Markus, as she makes a fresh pot of coffee.

“I need you to put the new gear out today.” Markus looks over towards Lottie.

“Alright. What did you order this time? Cameo bikinis for the ladies?” Lottie noticed that Markus was putting out more merchandise for women.

“How did you guess?” A sly smile appears on Markus’s face when he says that.

“God, men! One moment you want us barefoot and pregnant and the next you want us running around naked, showing off our assets.” Lottie knew how some of the men were when they saw a sexy woman in two pieces of a teeny, tiny piece of cloth.

“Hey, I’ve seen you in your bikini and you have a fabulous body,” Markus remembers seeing Lottie in her bikini at his daughter’s pool party.

“I did that on purpose. I got teased later by my brothers.” Lottie knew she had a nice body. She uses to work out a lot when she was on the cheerleading squad.

After Lottie fixes her cup of coffee. She goes to the back and brings out all the new stuff to sell. She holds up some of the bikinis to see which ones would look on her. She finds a few that she sets aside. There were a few spots on her parent’s property she could go swimming at.

She knew Joey was into hi-tech gadgets. So, during her lunch hour, she runs down to the new computer store that opened a year ago. Everyone in town was happy that there was a computer store in town now, instead of having to drive to the capital to go to Best Buys to get repairs done on their laptops and desktops.

“Hey Skokie, watch you doing?” Lottie spots her childhood friend behind the counter of the store.

Skokie looks up when she hears Lottie’s voice. She hasn’t seen Lottie since they graduated last year. Where she was part of the nerds in school, Lottie was one of the popular girls. Mainly, because she was on the cheerleading squad and performed at the rodeo.

“Where have you been hiding, Lottie?” Skokie comes from behind the counter and hugs her old friend.

“Been busy working on my parents’ property. I thought you were going to MIT or The University of Texas?” Lottie knew how smart and talented Skokie was.

“I was, but my mother got sick and needed me to stay home to take care of everything. I’m taking college courses online.” Skokie wanted to get away from Oklahoma.

“I’m sorry to hear that. But it is good you are taking online courses. If you need any help, just give me a howler.” Lottie didn’t mind helping her friend.

“Thanks. So, what brings you in here today?” Skokie was curious.

“I need a gift for Joey and I know he likes hi-tech devices.”

“Well, we have some tablets on sale that Joey might like.” Skokie unlocks the display case and takes out a few tablets that were on display.

Skokie shows Lottie the features of several tablets. She could see that Lottie had decided on one. She rings her up and gives her the receipt.

“Thanks, Skokie. Why don’t we go to lunch sometime next week?” Lottie looks at Skokie hoping she’ll say yes.

“Sounds good to me. What day is good for you?” Skokie opens her tablet to record the day.

“Let’s do Wednesday around one o’clock.” That was her normal lunchtime.

“One o’clock is good. Where do you want to meet?”

“How about Corky’s?” Lottie knew they had a good barbecue.

“Sounds good, but I get to choose the next place.” Skokie wasn’t a big barbecue person.

“Deal. I’ll see you next Wednesday.” Lottie waves goodbye as she walks out of the store and back to work.

Lottie heads back to work. While Markus was at lunch, Lottie wraps the gift she bought for Joey. There wasn’t anyone in the store and she figures she could get it done before he got back.

Later In the Day:
Lottie changes out of her work clothes and into her party clothes. She puts her work clothes in her car, before walking over to The Cowboy Cactus. As soon as she walks into the bar “let the party begin!”

The music starts playing as Lottie gets out and starts dancing with some of her friends. She loved dancing and was good at it. Some of the guys challenge her to the mechanical bull. She lasts longer than they do on the highest setting. She looks at the guys “face it boys, I’m better at riding than you are.”

“I bet you are.” A smirk appears on Andrew’s face.

“You’ll never know.” A playful smile appears on Lottie’s face.

The rest of the night Lottie dances with some of the girls to certain songs that allow them to shake their asses and show off their moves. When it comes to the Blake Shelton Kiss My Country Ass song. All of the girls wiggle their asses towards the guys watching them.

Lottie makes sure she is drinking just soda, throughout the night. She didn’t need to be caught drinking anything stronger. She didn’t want a repeat of what happened last time.

A little after eleven o’clock Lottie bids everyone goodnight and gives Joey a goodbye kiss. She walks across the street to her car and gets in.
She backs up and pulls out of the parking lot and heads home. She listens to some music as she drives. She was the only car on the highway heading towards her parents’ property.

When she is about fifteen minutes away from her turn. She spots a set of flashing lights behind her. She checks her speed and notices she was only five miles over the speed limit. She pulls over onto the shoulder but leaves her engine running. She watches in her side mirror as the police car pulls in behind her.

She notices he turns his searchlight on and points it towards her mirror. She also notices nothing was coming over her police scanner either. She knew the officer had to call in to say they were pulling someone over. She watches as the person gets about halfway towards her car before she floors the accelerator. The rear end of her car throws up a bunch of rocks, as she shoots forward towards the highway.

There is gunfire and her rear windshield shatters from a bullet hitting it. She increases her speed and notices the police car chasing her. There are several more gunshots, but nothing going out over the radio.

“Let’s see how much of a driver you are.” Lottie speeds ahead and whips her Javelin around so she is facing the oncoming police car.

She uses to play chicken with some of the boys when she street raced. She presses down on the accelerator and charges towards the oncoming police car. There was still nothing going out over the air.

The police car kept coming towards her. She kept her foot on the accelerator as she closed the distance. Seconds before they were about to smash into each other, the police car avoids her and goes off the highway. She turns her car around and gets out with her six-shooters in her hand. She kept them hidden in her car.

She pulls her peacemakers out and points them towards the police car. She walks towards the wreck and spots the guy that came into the gun store. She looks at him “mister, I don’t know who you are, but you just fucked upcoming after a cowgirl like me.”

Lottie tucks one of her peacemakers into her waistband and pulls out her cellphone. She still didn’t have a signal. She moves carefully to the guy and uses the handcuffs he had on him to cuff him. She spots the jammer in his stolen police car. She shoots it with her gun.

As soon as it was destroyed, radio traffic started coming over the radio. She picks the mic up “this Lottie Wolfhart, you have an officer down on highway 45. Also, he’s an imposter.”

“Lottie, what are you doing on this frequency?” Sheriff Kingsman recognized Lottie’s voice, even before she announced her name.

“Sheriff Kingsman, you need to send a patrol car to me an ambulance as well.” Lottie was still looking at the guy who just tried to kill her. Also, can you send a patrol car by my folk's place to make sure they are alright?”

“Okay, Lottie.” Sheriff Kingsman looks towards two of the deputies and sends them on their way.

While Lottie waits for the Sheriff to show up. She takes a picture of the assassin and calls her grandmother.

Janet and Leland Mansion, California:
Janet and Leland were watching a movie in their bedroom with their youngest granddaughter sound asleep between them. They were babysitting for their son and his husband so they could go out. She had fallen asleep earlier in the movie.

Janet’s cellphone starts ringing. She looks at it as she picks it up and notices it was her granddaughter, Lottie. “Hey, Lottie. What’s going on?”
Janet looks at her husband and wonders why Lottie was calling her at ten at night. She puts the call on speaker and turns down the volume on the television.

“Hi grandma, sorry for calling so late, but someone just tried to kill me.” Lottie kept her eyes on the guy.

“Are you okay, sweetie?” Janet was concerned about her granddaughter. She glances at Leland and he was concerned as well.

“Are your parents okay, Lottie?” Leland was concerned about his son and his daughter-in-law.

“Don’t know, grandpa. Sheriff Kingsman is sending some deputies over to the house to check on them. I’m going to send you a picture of the guy who just tried to kill me.” Lottie sends the picture to her grandparents.

Janet watches as the picture arrives. She looks at it and then lets her husband look at it. He didn’t look too good.

“What did you do to him, sweetie?” Janet wonders what her granddaughter did to the poor guy.

“I played chicken with him and won.” Lottie wonders what repairs she was going to have to do to her Javelin.

“Looks like all those times you got in trouble for street racing paid off.” Janet knew Lottie got into a lot of trouble for street racing along with her brothers.

“I guess, grandma. Why come after me and my parents?” Lottie wanted to know.

“Revenge, sweetie. The person who escaped and is causing all of this wants revenge against your aunt.” Janet knew Andy and Jason were working on the case. They even had Angela going over the satellite information her sister sent her.

“Well, they better stay out of Oklahoma, or were going to show them some old fashion cowboy justice.” Lottie knew the cowboy’s around here were a tight group and when you messed with one, you messed with all of them.

“Just be careful, sweetie. I’m going to send your uncles to talk with that person. Also, have your parents call me when you see them.”

“I will, grandma. Hugs to you grandpa.” Lottie could hear the police sirens coming towards her.

“You be careful, sweet pea.”

“I will grandpa. I got to hang up grandma. The sheriff is almost here.”

“Alright, sweetie. Have your parents call me later?” Janet wanted to check on her children.

“Will do. Love you.” Lottie ends the phone call when the sheriff shows up.

A few days later, Lottie and her parents watch as her uncles and cousin pull up in a rental to the house. Her parents had been worried when they couldn’t get in touch with her and when the deputy sheriff showed up at their door. They were concerned because it wasn’t the first time the sheriff's department had either brought her home in a squad car. Or to inform them she was in jail for doing something illegal.

“Uncle Jason, Uncle Andy, it's good to see you.” Lottie gives both her uncles a hug.

Both men return Lottie’s hug.

“Hey cousin.” Lottie hugs her cousin Angela. She knew Angela was Andy’s niece and the daughter of her aunt Janice. Who was Andy’s twin sister?

“I heard you had a little trouble.” Angela looks at her cousin.

Angela knew she had been adopted at the age of four while her uncle and aunt were in Chicago on a business meeting. They found her wandering around outside in winter wearing only a dirty shirt and a dirty diaper. They never did find her birth parents.

“Nothing a little cowboy justice couldn’t handle. So, are you allowed to touch computers again?” The last thing Lottie heard about her cousin she couldn’t touch a computer.

“Yep. Aunt Rachel managed to convince the judge that my talents are needed for uncle Andy and that what I did was to track down a corrupted DHS agent.” Angela was happy she could use a computer again.

“So, what’s the download about what is going on?” Lottie watches her uncles walk inside the house with her uncles.

“Is there somewhere we can talk in private?” Angela looks around to make sure they could talk.

“Yeah, come with me.” Lottie takes Angela to the horse stables where her horse is stabled.

“It’s safe in here.” Lottie sits down on a square hay bail.

Angela takes a breath before speaking. She looks at Lottie “aunt Sasha put away two very dangerous guys. One is a former CIA agent that used his skills to get rich people and important people anything they want. He was sent to get Rose and sell her into sexual slavery, but aunt Sasha stopped that. She also put a stop to a bunch of girls that were being smuggled to be used in sexual slavery as well. As for the second fellow, he was one of the buyers of the girls and sent five men to capture and rape aunt Sasha. But instead of capturing aunt Sasha. They got aunt Janius instead.”

“So, now they want revenge on aunt Sasha for putting them in jail.” Lottie could see why they were coming after the family.

“Yeah, but they have outside help that has enormous resources helping them. I’ve been trying to track them down and locate where they are operating. However, every time I get close to a location, I lose them. Also, every time I locate where the money is coming from and close it down. They get resources from another source. Even grandma Janet is getting frustrated with the problem. Whoever this person is, they are slippery.”

“Or well connected. Didn’t you say one of the guys use to be a CIA agent?” Lottie wonders if that person is pulling money from CIA stash houses.

“Yeah, he uses to work for the CIA. You’re not suggesting he’s pulling money from some of their accounts, are you?” Angela looks at her cousin with a puzzled look on her face.

“If I was trying to hide from someone hunting me. I would use money that couldn’t be traced back to the source like the CIA or one of the other government agencies. Hell, I would even hit up the cartels and take some of their money in return for getting their product safely into the country.” Lottie got the idea from watching the movie Two Guns. It made sense to her.

“I’ll have to look into that. We better head into the house or everyone is going to worry about us.” Lottie leads Angela back to the main house.