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“You don’t need me to tell you the usual crap, that if you hurt her, I’m going to kick your ass.”

“Don’t worry, you wouldn’t be the first,” Isaac said.

“That’s true, I reckon Marge and Betty would go a few rounds with you.”

“They would have to get to me first,” Isaac said. “I have no intention of hurting Lucy. I want to take care of her.”

“That’s good.”

He nodded to Harry, and then decided to let him see beneath the hood of Bill’s latest car that he wanted to get ready and up for sale.

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“Oh, wow, I cannot believeHarry would do that,” Lucy said. “I am so sorry.”

“Don’t worry about it. I’m not worried,” Isaac said, taking her hand as they made their way into the Falls Saints bar.

It was Friday night, and it had been a hectic week. She knew Harry had gone to see Isaac, but he hadn’t said anything, and rather than push him to tell her what was going on, she just left it. There was no reason to go chasing problems. Harry finally seemed happy with him, and seeing as she was more than happy with Isaac, there was no reason to cause trouble.

Arriving at the bar, Richard had reserved Isaac’s usual table. Now that she spent more time with Isaac, she was starting to see how close he had gotten to many of the locals in town. Of course, it made a lot of sense, seeing as he’d been in town over ten years now.

“It’s busy,” Lucy said.

Richard arrived at their table with chicken wings, and he looked rather frazzled.

“Everything all right?” Isaac asked.

“Yeah, but a bunch of guys landed about twenty minutes ago. Some kind of bachelor party, and they’re ... interesting,” Richard said.

At that moment, there were whistles, and Lucy glanced over to see Tanya spin around and give them the finger. Tanya was a married woman, and she quickly rushed to her husband’s side.

She didn’t like the look on Eric’s face. The man was quite volatile with everyone, but he was good to Tanya. The two had met in high school, and a football accident had cost him a career. From what Lucy knew, it hadn’t upset him too much, as his father owned a couple of the local ranches, and Eric now owned and ran one of them. They had six kids, and were one of the happiest couples in town. She knew Eric came to Isaac from time to time.

“This isn’t good,” Lucy said, as Eric approached the man that had attempted to make a pass at his woman.

She didn’t look at Isaac. Eric was never one to step down from a fight, and Tanya quickly rushed to her husband’s side, attempting to calm him down.

“How much do you want for me to take the whore for a night?” one of the guys said.

Lucy gasped as he pulled out his wallet, but it ended up on the floor, as Eric slammed his fist into the guy’s face. This wasn’t good. Tanya cried out. Eric pulled back and hit the man again, but now three men jumped on Eric’s back and started to hit him.

A couple of the locals tried to join in, but they ended up hit and thrown across the room.

At Eric’s cry, Lucy reached for Isaac, but he was already on his feet. She tried to stop him, but he turned to her.

“Don’t move,” he said.

There was something in his eyes, and in his voice that froze her in place. She had never seen him like this, and as one of the guys rushed at him, she pressed her hands to her mouth, as one punch sent the man to the floor. All it took was one punch, and he was out, unconscious.

Another came at Isaac, and she hadn’t seen that he’d grabbed a chair, and as he did, he slammed it into the man’s stomach. The chair smashed, and the guy went down. Now, he had two pieces of wood that had come off the chair, and she watched as Isaac took out eighteen other men.

He didn’t kill them, but he got them off Eric. The way he used the chair legs, Lucy knew there was no way this man hadn’t fought before. Isaac was calm, even facing men who outnumbered him, and she was shocked. None of them got a single punch in.

At the end, Eric was sporting a broken nose, with an already blackening eye. Tanya rushed to her husband, and Lucy stayed perfectly still.

Everyone in the bar, was looking to Isaac, and then he faced a round of applause, as he helped Richard toss the guys out on the street.

She stayed perfectly still. Eric and Tanya came to her table.

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