“I never said that either,” she says. He laughs, showing his teeth. He’s so close and she feels her face heating up. She doesn’t know it he continues speaking because the sound of her heart thundering in her ears is all she can focus on. He leans forward and she can count the cracks in his lips.

“Hey!” a loud and crashing voice yells. She and Zorro jump alongside the Bighorner. The big horner, no longer docile, growls and stands up from his place in the grass. Dolores holds her arms out and pulls Zorro off of the raging animal. They take off running through the field, away from the farmer and his angry Bighorner’s.

Zorro grabs her hand and doesn’t let go until they are out of sight.