Down, Boy

Cash Mercer speaks maybe nine words a day and considers most of them optional. Georgia arrived at Iron Creek with something to prove, a past she doesn't discuss, and a talent for making the quietest Mercer spend his entire word budget arguing with her.

He's her instructor. She's his best trainee. The county opened a betting line by week two.

But somebody is tampering with Iron Creek's contracts from the inside, Georgia's history is the kind that follows a woman, and the dog who won't perform ...