<div class="floatleft">(http://www.celebritiesheight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Katharine-McPhee.jpg)</div><br/>Doing her best to keep her fear in check as King glowered at her from across her desk, Lola was grateful for the surreptitious smile from Evie.  The younger woman was on board, there was no doubt in Lola's mind.  With their two heads, and with any luck, Jackson's as well, Lola truly believed no one - not even Desmond King - would be able to throw her out of her saloon.<br/><br/>But that didn't mean she could lower her guard.  Oh, no.  Lola knew better than to turn her back on a predator ready to attack.  She steeled herself for what could be a very unpleasant conversation.<br/><br/>Noting King's dismissal of Eve's attempts at wrong-footing him, Lola held his intense gaze levelly, not allowing herself the luxury of blinking.  In part because she wanted King to know just how strong her will was, but also because in her mind, being the first to blink in a situation such as this was a sign of weakness.  And although King may think her weak purely because she was a woman, nothing could be further from the truth.  Lola had endured more hardship in her lifetime than a man like King could possibly imagine, let alone live with.<br/><br/>A small smile graced Lola's painted lips.<br/><br/>"Well, Mr King," she placed a slight emphisis on the title, implying that Desmond King didn't deserve to be addressed in such a fashion. "In all honesty, I'm not entirely sure what it is we're talkin' about. Why don't you just lay all your cards on the table? Unless, of course, you'd like me to call your bluff."<br/><br/>The challenge was out of Lola's mouth before she could bite it back.  It certainly wasn't what she'd planned to say. But, hell...maybe it was time the snake did just that. Lola had to admit she was more than a little curious as to what, exactly, King expected of her, her girls, and her saloon. If he planned on tearing it down, why the attempts to get her on side? And if he planned on keeping Lola's open, surely he didn't expect her to work for him?  Hell, she'd take all her girls and find another two bit town to set up shop in if it came to it.  She'd done it once, she could do it again!<br/><br/>But, Silver City was her home, and despite the contempt she got from many of the womenfolk in town, she actually cared about the people here.  Whatever King had planned didn't stop at<strong>Lola's</strong>, of that she was sure.  But what on earth could that be?