Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry continue their time in Four Corners. Heyes struggles to improve. J.D. needs to keep quiet. A surprise visitor shows up. Just an ongoing study of what a great crossover this would have been, if it could have been.
The Magnificent Seven and others in Four Corners continue to help the most successful outlaws in the history of The West, even if most are unaware of the ruse. A tale begun in my story, Quite a Ruse. Ezra and Chris know that Heyes and Curry are the men known by most in their town as Smith and Jones. Heyes remains ill, but a familiar face brings more dire concern to the town.
Nettie Wells and her niece bring their wagon into Four Corners. They have a special load. The Seven are in for a world of worry, and two of them for a world of hurt.
Vin gets hurt out on patrol and manifests residual hurt of another kind. Vin and Ezra seemed to have come to an accommodation after "A Bumper Crop". Maybe they need to work on that some.
Ezra runs back into town. Thus begins a cautionary tale.
Maude sends along a gift that everyone should appreciate, but somehow Vin and Ezra are on the outs over it. Or is something more going on?
Bad things happen on the road back from delivering a prisoner. It's nearly Christmas and it looks like seven might soon become six. Will there be a Merry Christmas in Four Corners?
Ezra's been distracted with his recovery, but his preoccupation is nothing compared to what one family in Four Corners is going through. Not to mention what has Buck distracted these days.
In a dictionary search for the word "patience", you would NOT find the name Chris Larabee. No sir. As usual, Ezra bears the scars of that unfortunate fact. A follow-on to my story Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder.
Beauty can be found in the most unexpected places.
Vin and Ezra are days away when they send mixed signals back to Four Corners. Chris and Nathan head out to help. It's not exactly smooth sailing, especially where Ezra and Nathan are concerned.
A day the likes of which none of them hopes to see ever again.