Kisses With KC by Jo Noelle

Author:Jo Noelle [Noelle, Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little Box Press LLC
Published: 2018-02-14T06:00:00+00:00

The sky was dark—not even a moon shone through the clouds. KC was getting used to starting chores at three a.m., but some of the animals protested, especially MayBelle, who huffed and snorted like her beauty sleep was being interrupted. The donkey was in the wrong stall again. Each night, he stabled her in the stall at the end, and each morning, he found her next to Merlin. Merlin seemed to enjoy the company and hung his head over to her side.

KC went through the motions of each task as quickly as he could. He barely had to think about them now. Instead, he wondered if Eliza had been able to put her worries aside and sleep. Mostly he thought about her standing in his arms, his head resting on hers. She had turned to him for comfort. Even though she had claimed to think he didn’t care, something inside her had allowed him in. He would make sure it wasn’t the only time.

At midday, he walked into the telegraph office to see Arthur Jameson and waited for him to finish up with Mr. Anders and the weaselly man beside him. When Anders walked away from the counter, instead of going out the door, he approached KC.

“You’re the man who won the shooting contest,” he said. He pushed his coat open and tucked his thumbs into little pockets in his vest.

KC nodded once. Suspicion wiggled around in his stomach.

“There’s always a place for a man like you in my organization. You need a job?”

“No, sir,” KC answered. He noted that the man was being vague about exactly what he would be hiring KC to do. Since he’d only seen him draw a gun, he figured that was the expertise the man wanted to buy. “Thank you, but I already have a good job as a hired hand.”

“With skills like yours, you could name your price.” Mr. Anders turned away and then back. “Come on over to the Bonanza Mining office after you think about this. The offer stands.”

The two men left, and KC stepped to the counter. “I need this letter posted.” KC handed it to Arthur with the coins.

“The letter will go out in an hour on the train.” Mr. Jameson walked to the U.S. Post Office part of the building and secured the letter into the mailbag.

While KC waited, he noticed that Arthur had thrown away a paper from the last message he sent. It said, “Bought two. Four to go. Month at most.” The top of the paper was hidden, so he couldn’t see who the note was sent to. Mr. Anders was a wealthy man. He probably bought and sold many things, but why did he need to update someone about it? KC wondered if he was being suspicious because the man rubbed him wrong. Eliza hadn’t liked him much, either—probably because she’d recognized him at old Baldwin’s place.

When Mr. Jameson came back, KC said, “I’d like to send a telegram to the same address.”

Arthur turned to a large map on the back wall of the office and ran his finger over Texas until he stopped.

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