prove that I know where it is."

She laughed. "I still think you ought to open the store of your dreams here in Napa."

"I'd love that." But it was only a dream. And his time in California was almost over. Their eyes met then, and she left him regretfully, thanked their host, and was gone. He heard the Austin Healy roaring away, and saw her hair flying out behind a moment later. He left the party and went home, a short time afterwards, thinking of Megan, wondering if he'd see her again, and surprised by how much he liked her and how pretty she had looked in the gypsy blouse with the bare shoulders.

# _Chapter 36_

A month later, on a rainy Saturday, Bernie was in Saint Helena doing somein the world, you find out where it is difficult for law-abiding citizens to own a gun there is more violent crime, not less."

SAMPSON IS FAR FROM ALONE in his views — and his determination to resist attempts to pass new restrictions on gun owners.

The Connecticut Citizens Defense League is resolved not to give any ground on gun control after Sandy Hook. It describes itself as the state's largest grassroots organization advocating for gun rights. The group named Sampson its legislator of the year for 2012.

"As bad as what happened in Sandy Hook was, we are not going to give up our rights to bear arms under the constitution," said Scott Wilson, the league's president.

He said the group was already bracing for more anti-gun legislation before a lone