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of her waist and pulled her close. His lips touched against hers for a moment before she leaned in closer to make the kiss even more passionate. In no time at all, her hands had found their way around him and her fingers were sifting through his hair.
    As he continued kissing her, Caleb could feel every inch of his skin warming up. Soon, it seemed as if Sarah’s body was melting into his own. When their lips parted, it was out of sheer necessity to draw a breath, and even so, they were reluctant to give in to such simple demands.
    As Caleb was starting to lean in again, Sarah turned away and backed off.
    â€œWhat’s the matter?” he asked.
    Sarah crossed her arms and walked over to the door without opening it. “You’re not staying,” she said. “Are you?”
    â€œNo.”
    â€œWhy not? Things are back to normal around here. The only ones looking for you or Doc anymore are just asking out of curiosity.”
    â€œThis place…Dallas…it’s not…” As Caleb struggled to find his words, he found himself moving closer to Sarah. “There’s a lot outside of Texas that I haven’t seen.”
    â€œFrom what I’ve heard, you’ve been making the rounds to card tables rather than taking in any sights.”
    â€œWhat would you rather I do? Stay here and rot in some office?”
    â€œYou mean like me?” Sarah asked.
    â€œNo. What I mean is there’s plenty more out there than just Dallas, and there’s nothing stopping me from going out and taking it. You could come with me. Doc mentioned heading up to Denver. After that, I was thinking about seeing California or maybe Canada. Hell, I could go see New York City for the hell of it.”
    â€œSure beats staying here and rotting with me.”
    Caleb took her in his arms and brushed the hair away from her face. As much as he wanted to tell her what she’d said wasn’t true, he just couldn’t. Not even Doc could have gotten away with a bluff like that.
    â€œI’m sorry,” she whispered. “I shouldn’t have said that.”
    â€œYou can come with me, you know. There’s nothing stopping you, either.”
    Glancing around at her office and the shelf full of ledgers, Sarah nodded. “Yes there is. I’ve got this place and this job. I already own most of the Alhambra and will own it all in a few years. Dallas is getting bigger every day and there’s so much more for me to do. I’d ask you to stay, but—”
    â€œI can’t,” Caleb said before she could. “So, I guess that leaves us in a bad spot.” Pulling her close, he added, “But I won’t be leaving until tomorrow.”
    Sarah allowed herself to be drawn into his embrace one more time.

3
    The stage pulled into Denison right on schedule. Jenny was asleep while Doc amused Colleen with general chatter and the occasional card trick. Without missing a beat, Doc winked at Colleen and climbed out of the carriage door the moment the stage came to a stop.
    â€œEveryone getting off here?” the driver asked.
    â€œThe ladies are heading on to Denver,” Doc said. “And I may be joining them.”
    â€œGetting along pretty well, huh?”
    â€œYou can say that.”
    Doc was heading for his hotel when he heard a vaguely familiar voice calling for him. Stopping, he turned and saw an old man standing in the door of the post office.
    â€œDr. Holliday!” the old-timer shouted. “You got some letters here!”
    â€œKeep it down, I’m right here,” Doc said through gritted teeth.
    â€œThis just came for you,” the old-timer said as he waved an envelope at Doc. “Sitting with the others, in fact. Ain’t you ever gonna read your mail?”
    â€œIs it from the same place as the others?”
    â€œAll the way from Georgia, yes sir.”
    Doc looked at the letter in the old man’s hand. Although it was an effort to do