Sharida did not know where her father liked to wander off to. All she knew was that he was never around to help her. Even when she needed him the most, he was nothing more than a disappointment. How had her mother married such a vile man? The taste of disgust gathered at the back of her throat but she swallowed it down. Now was not the time for self-pity. She had a bar to run and without it, her siblings would starve. Sheriff Tucker could only watch as Sharida blossomed into womanhood. There was...