Jed smiled that small smile. "Now why would I want you go give up teaching. You enjoy teaching the young ones and it makes you happy and you are enriching their minds. That is an important job that you are doing." His brow did rise when she mentioned her family fortune and her own by writing books. "Well now I am not much for to much money right now. I make do with what I make with my job and the bounties on those I bring in, dead or alive. Some time in my life I want to own some land, maybe a ranch and raise some cattle and horses." he grinned a bit "My father was a military man but he was also a very shrewed business man. He knew what to invest in and he made a good fortune himself that I now inheireted, but have not touched. It is like yours back east in a bank growing interest and being invested by a firm that my father trusted." He didn't need her money as he had his own but he didn't need it at the time and would wait till he felt he needed to retire and do something he had wanted to do for some time. It would be a good life for a family, having a ranch with a herd of cattle and horses.<br/><br/>"Well if we do get that far in our relationship." he grinned. "I am sure there is something in the law that will allow you to pass on your family fortune to those you wish. I believe it is called a Last Will and Testement. You have a lawyer make it up and tell him what you want in it and what goes where and to whom. There is also something that a woman can do when she gets married. Use her last name as part of the married name." It was interesting that both of them had money but was not using it. That showed that they liked to earn their keep rather then rely on a family fortune to keep them comfortable. Rutherford was a prime example of those that depended on theier family fortune. With out it he would be just another man that had little or nothing. They would not know what to do without money to spend, that was not earned or theirs to begin with. Rutherford was probably after her fortune. He would find a way to take it from her if he was able to get her back to Boston.<br/><br/>He could if he wanted to, buy land now and have his own place out in the countryside. But he prefered to be where he could keep an eye on things. Now that their pasts were laid out for each to see, he felt that their relationship could begin on a better note and they could both see that they did not need each other's fortunes, but together maybe one day, both would come into play to make something for a family they could make if it got that far. He liked the idea though. Olivia was a woman that could be tough and would make it in the harsh land in the West. Indians, bandits, robbers and cattle rustlers, along with those that wanted to make a name for themselves with the gun was not for weak willed or stomach. He liked what he saw in her, and knew she would be able to stand side by side with him in the good times and the bad times.