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"What the hell are you doing?" Jason asks, bewildered, as I rip the door open to the back of the horse trailer, grab the halter of Moonshine, and back hi to ride bareback, I should at least have reins, and grab my coiled lasso from the hook on the inside of the horse trailer

"I've got a girl to save," I say,over to the side of the horse trailer so that I can use it as a step stool to get up onto him Moonshine whinnied in alarm; he and I don't exactly ride bareback all that often, let alone in the streets of New York, but I gave hionna be okay"

I swing rab the reins, and take off down the street, letting the sheer size of Moonshine do the work of clearing a path for us Do you kno loud hooves with horseshoes on them are on concrete?

Hint: Real loud

I squeezeto keep my balance, but Moonshine of course just takes that as encourageallop faster

I whip past the girl, tossing a "I'll be back!" overdown the sidewalk, and finally spot black hoodie jackass I start spinning e speed and distance and wind direction and then, I let it fly

Jackass flies to a stop at the end of the rope, his ar at the restrictions He loses his balance and topples over onto his side, looking for all the world like an upside-down turtle

I jump off Moonshine and he jerks to a stop, this part of the ride working like it always does Usually, we're roping cattle, but today, I guess we're just roping bad guys instead I know that Moonshine won't uy I can hear people aroundonna hit the evening news

Well hell, maybe more people will show up for the Madison Square Garden rodeo then, right? A bigger crowd is never a bad thing

I trot on over to Jackass and pull the purse out of his hands

"Slon there, Paco," I tell hi to calonna be fine Why don't you just sit there for a minute while the men in blue work their way over to–"

"Youinto our circle

And that's when she lets loose with the mace spray

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