Lola's snapped command had its desired effect, causing Abby's mouth to snap shut and her body to sink into the nearest chair. She had never seen Lola as worked up as she was that morning. Sure, she'd seen her chew out girls who were skimming off the top or others that were being a bit too blatant about entertaining anyone with a coin to spare, but even then Lola had always maintained an air of control and reserve. Now, however, her nerves were truly starting to show...and that mere fact had Abby biting her tongue and wishing to high heaven that she had disappeared with Jackson the night before.<br/><br/>Lola's attempt at reassurance made little impact on the frazzled redhead. The fact that she had been "grapplin' with" her decision to throw Abby in King's way and then managed to forget to seek her out just proved Abby's point - Lola didn't give a damn about her or anybody else, so long as she got her way. She was no better than King. Years of smiling in the face of drunken fools and charming foul smelling men day in and day out had taught Abby a thing or two about concealing her emotions. So, while she was inwardly sneering at her employer, Abby merely shrugged a shoulder and nodded meekly. She wouldn't give Lola any reason to doubt her loyalty at this point. Besides, perhaps she could get something useful to take back to King. He may be a scheming, power hungry, son-of-a-bitch, but at least he didn't try to sugar coat it with false concern the way Lola did. And hadn't he promised her a better life? Perhaps she should take him up on that promise after all.<br/><br/>Abby's train of thought was interrupted by Eve's taunts and poorly veiled threats. Frowning slightly, she narrowed her eyes at the woman and considered how quickly she could launch across the room and start snatching handfuls of blonde hair from her head. But Lola interceded before Abby could respond, and the look on Eve's face was priceless. Grinning triumphantly, she watched with unabashed amusement while Lola tore into Eve and the woman tried to talk her way out of the mess she had clearly made. However she painted it, the fool had just thrown fuel on the fire and<em>Lola's</em>would end up having to pay.<br/><br/>Eve's suggestion about spying on King almost made Abby laugh. As if that man would trust anything out of Eve's mouth. It was widely known that Eve and Lola had arrived in Silver City together and that they were thick as thieves. At least...it was among the girls that worked there. Perhaps King didn't actually know...yet. Abby may just have some useful information to share with Silver City's premiere citizen after all. With that thought in mind, she nodded in agreement with Eve's suggestion. "She may be on to something there, Lola. Last night, King asking me about you and the saloon. I tried to get him to talk about himself more though. That was when he told me about owning the land under the saloon and that he was trying to work out some kind of deal with you. I didn't fully understand...I still don't actually. But the point is, he was snooping. If Eve can get close with him, I think he'd have his ears wide open to anything she has to say."<em>And I'll be right in his other ear telling him to ignore every rotten word out of her mouth.</em>