Longarm 433 - Longarm and the Stagecoach Robbers by Tabor Evans
Author:Tabor Evans [Tabor Evans]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2014-11-11T06:00:00+00:00
Chapter 30
Longarm went back to the Pickens House to sleep that night. Now that Will was up and around, it would not have been a good idea for him to sleep in Charlieâs bed, pleasant though that was. He did dearly love waking up with a place to put his hard-onâand the place that Charlise Carver provided was very pleasantâbut it simply was not possible any longer.
He did, however, make a two-hour visit to that bed after telling Will good night and seeing the young man off to his own digs.
Dawn found him with his belly warmed from the inside out by a heavy breakfast at the café, and he finally picked up his clean clothes from the Chinese laundry and stashed them in his room before going to the Carver office. He made up the hitch and drove the coach around to the front of the building to find Charlie waiting for him with coffee and four passengers, three going to Hartsel and one to Bailey.
Will was there, too. Longarm thought it a little odd that Will had not come around back to help with the horses. But then he was on crutches and might not find it so easy to get around. Besides, he needed all the sleep he could get. Longarm did not begrudge him a minute of it.
Will helped the passengers with their bags while Charlie chatted with them and Longarm drank her steaming hot black coffee.
When everything was in readiness, Longarm handed his almost empty cup back to Charlie and made the climb up to the driving box. He took up the lines and waited for Will to step aside, then cracked the whipâhe had been practicing when he was alone out on the roadâand put the team into their showy charge out of town and onto the road to Hartsel.
* * *
âYouâre getting better at handling the team,â Charlie said that night as they lay in bed, both sweaty and spent from several hours of intense lovemaking.
She giggled and kissed his shoulder. âKeep it up and I might consider hiring you.â
âAs a driver?â he asked.
âNo,â she said playfully. âAs a stud. Will can do the driving. You can stay in bed.â
âSounds like pleasant enough workinâ conditions,â he said. âWhat sort oâ benefits dâ you offer?â
âAll the pussy you can eat,â Charlie told him.
He laughed. âNow thatâs a job offer that tempts me.â
Longarm sat up, stretched, and reached for the clothes he had discarded earlier in the evening.
His eye was drawn to a crack in the door. He was certain he had closed that door and set the latch before they came to bed.
Careful not to show his handâthough he was showing pretty much everything else from head to toeâhe slipped out of the bed and casually lifted his .45 out of the holster he had hung on the bedpost.
Longarm reached the doorway in three strides. He brought the Colt up to the slight opening in one swift motion and yanked the door open.
Will Carver was standing there, red-faced with fury at the sight of the marshal in bed with his mother.
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