Satin Boots: Six Short Western Romances
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“Cordell, you got a minute?” Daniel Harper asked his foreman. Being the newest hire on the Lazy Five, he didn’t want to stir up trouble.
The foreman, a man around Daniel’s age who had his eye on the boss’ daughter, got to his feet and replied, “Sure, Dan.” Dan followed the man who still carried a tin cup full of coffee. They walked to the picket line, a good distance from the campfire, for privacy. “What is it?” Cordell asked without preamble. “It’s … well, it’s about Jesse.” Cordell raised a blond eyebrow. “Yeah?” “Well, I was washin’ up in the creek and … well … I saw her.” Dan looked around to assure himself that no one listened in. “Jesse’s female.” “Yeah, we know,” came the laconic reply. “But … but—” “But nothin’, Dan. The whole crew knows. She’s like a little sister to all of us, and iff’n you think to bother her, don’t.” “But she’s a girl!” Dan protested, every particle of his being outraged and offended. He’d thought himself going loco because something about the boy attracted him. “Yeah, we know.” The foreman took a sip of his now- tepid coffee. He sighed, because he went through this with every new hire, especially the handsome, cocky ones like Daniel who enjoyed a little too much popularity with the ladies in town. “She does her job and does it well. So, what’s the problem?”
Kryssie
12/18/2019 07:01:35 am
Love how shocked he is, and that Jesse can hold her own around an all male crew 12/18/2019 10:52:45 pm
I wonder how his attitude to her will be received by others . . . including Jesse. Comments are closed.
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