Deputy at Large by Judge Rodriguez

Author:Judge Rodriguez
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Oklahoma, Landrun, Posse, Denver, Deputy, Marshal
Publisher: Landrun Publishing
Published: 2020-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

Jake awakens in the middle of the night, to the sound of lightning striking close by and falls back asleep to the sound of rain hitting the roof of Jerome’s Haven.

Out of habit, Jake wakes just before dawn the next morning. On his way to take care of the call of nature, Jake thanks the Lord Jerome set up wooden planks to the outhouse, since the area around the Haven is flooded and rain is still falling.

He gets done with his business and heads back inside, just in time to almost be run over by Joey on her way out to where he just vacated.

He grins at the urgency she moves with, glad he wasn’t still occupying the required room. Considering it’s still raining, he can imagine the young woman dancing in the rain, needing to go. He considers a moment, then goes to talk to Jerome about having another outhouse or two put in to relieve the strain.

It finally stops raining around noon, but the streets are completely flooded. So much so, in fact, that the posse decides to stay one more day, just to let things dry out a little more.

When Sean hears the plans, he starts trying to throw a fit, but Joey grabs the back of his shirt and physically moves him toward the door. “You wanna keep going? Go ahead. I hope you can swim, because I’m not gonna force our horses to!” He quiets down immediately.

Jake feels a glow at the young man’s need to bow to the weather. He’s glad that even Sean has the sense “to get in out of the rain,” as it were.

Jerome offers the crew another meal for free, but tells them they need to pay for their drinks. Joey tells him to go ahead and add the charge for the food to the bill, that the marshals service will pay for it.

Reluctantly, almost as if they are throwing an offer of friendship back in his teeth, the large man agrees. However, he does insist on giving them the best food the hotel can provide at the same cost as the standard fare.

By the end of the day, however, everyone in the party starts showing signs of impatience. Sean seems to be interested in only destroying himself and avoiding everyone, especially Joey. David and Rebekah can be heard disagreeing loudly in their room, while the united front they provide to everyone else seems to be crumbling. John seems to be interested in only reading from his Bible in his own room.

Other than meals, Joey stays sequestered in her room, doing only God knows what.

Jake spends his time people-watching. Jerome comes over every once in awhile, but leaves Jake to his own devices most of the time. There are enough patrons in the saloon, Jake begins to wonder if the entire town comes in to the saloon throughout the day, or if this is just the only place in town to get a hot-cooked meal and a stiff drink.

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