A Different Trade by J. R. Roberts

Author:J. R. Roberts
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

NINETEEN

Clint wasn’t exactly thrown out of the Tiger’s Paw. He was shown to the door. In his years, he’d been tossed out of plenty of places, and many times the men doing the tossing said they were showing him the door. That usually amounted to his face meeting the door before his body met the street. This time, however, Jade walked with him through the main room and outside, where she parted ways with a kiss on the cheek. When she left him standing outside the saloon, Clint almost thought that leaving had been his idea.

Across the street was another place he intended on visiting. Since he wasn’t welcome back inside the Tiger’s Paw while that crazy old man was still there, Clint made his way over to a place that had scantly clad women displayed in most of the windows on all three of its floors.

Before Clint had even touched the front door, he’d already been propositioned by at least half a dozen women from the windows as well as the porch. Stepping inside the place should have been a dream come true considering all the ladies that came to meet him. Instead, he felt like a single piece of bloody meat that had been tossed into shark-infested waters.

“Girls, girls, there’s only one of me,” Clint said.

The woman who got to him first had light brown hair and plenty of curves beneath her light pink dress. The dress’s neckline was cut low enough to make Clint wonder how the hell she didn’t fall out of it anytime she made a move. She smiled at him with full, red lips and stood so close to him that she was the only thing he could see.

“I’m Kat,” she said.

“Hello, Kat.”

“Welcome to Miss Tasha’s. Come on up to my room and I’ll get us both out of all these clothes.”

“What is this place?” Clint asked.

She laughed and asked, “You really don’t know?”

“No, I know what goes on in here. I mean, is there also a saloon or is it just you girls in here entertaining folks?”

Kat took Clint’s arm and led him into the next room. Compared to how Jade had done the same thing at the place across the street, Clint now felt more like he was being dragged. “Funny you should ask. The owner is making some improvements along those lines.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Miss Tasha!” Kat’s voice was so loud that anyone within the building could have heard her. Since he was already right beside her, Clint swore his brain rattled between his ears.

The woman who answered the shouted summons reminded Clint of a gypsy fortune-teller who made her living cheating suckers out of their money. Her weathered European features hung on her tired face as though they’d already seen everything the world had to offer and weren’t impressed. She wore at least three filmy skirts beneath several belts covered in charms and cheap jewelry that jangled loudly with every step she took.

“Miss Tasha,” Kat said to her. “Is the bar open yet? This here fella wants a drink.

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