Luke breathed in quickly through his nose and sucked his teeth in a manner identical to his brother. There was a short but heavy silence before Luke said, "No." Another silence. "No, it ain't a funny joke."
He ran a hand through his curls and an gave another (nearly identical sigh). "I'm real sorry, Sy. Guess the good news is that Belmont don't seem like the type to want to get involved, so as soon as soon as you pay whatever fine they give you, it'll get settled and you can move on." He looked around. "Or you could if the Marshal were around. Guess he's still living it up at the party so poor Winnie's gotta deal with everything herself."