Well, I'm the only one who's not an outside child anyway. She hoped she hadn't offended him with that remark. Only after she'd said it did she remember that Rio himself was the illegitimate child of Andrew Mccaine. Since he did look a little annoyed, she continued. Anyway, now that I'm ruined, suitors won't be pestering me for my father's money.
Money can attract the worst sort.
Wendell Calverson, for example. He's chased me for years. I thought once I became a spinster, things would change. I think this thing with the Apaches just might help though. He took the final sip of his whiskey and placed the glass on the table.