Billy the Kid Book Review

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who later on in the story found themselves at odds after robbed a train, by that time, Willie Monroe was a sherif.
From the porch Sheriff Willie Monroe say Billy's form in the cul-de-sac by the corral fence. His horse was saddled, but he hadn't mounted. Willie saw the black barrel of Billy's drawn .44 in the moonlight. The boy's face was barely visible.
Willie moved slowly down the steps, gun aimed to the dirt.
Billy said, "I told Kate you'd look the other way. You fooled me, Willie."
Yes, it was that old familiar voice that Willie heard. But taut now, strained and dry. Heart pounding, Willie ordered, "Drop it, Billy."
It didn't seem possible that the cousins were looking at each other across guns. Willie moved a step at a time, slow but steady, until he heard Billy's frantic, "Stop there!"
They stayed poised a long, shattering moment, separated by a hundred feet. Then Willie decided he'd have to take him, or try, no matter what happened. The face ahead of him was still ...

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