Aiming for Love by Mary Connealy

Author:Mary Connealy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Fiction;Christian fiction;Love stories;FIC042110;FIC042030;FIC027100
ISBN: 9781493421671
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2019-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

17

Wax waited until he was summoned.

It didn’t suit him to wait on any man. But he wanted his pay from Bludge, and it was gettin’ so he could barely look at his boss. Wax was in no hurry to see him.

He sat in a cabin usually given to the ramrod, the second-in-command after the ranch foreman. But Wax didn’t like sharing, and the ramrod had moved on with the cold weather.

He liked to live in an orderly place. As neat as his waxed beard and moustache. And in a bunkhouse full of cowhands there was always a mess. He also liked privacy to clean his guns and sharpen his knives because he didn’t like anyone knowing where he kept his hideout weapons.

A couple of the guns he wore right out front where anyone could see them. His two Colt Peacemakers, holstered on each hip. His Winchester was always either hanging from a strap over his shoulder or stuck in his saddle. But he had Russian two-shot pepperboxes up both sleeves and a Smith and Wesson rimfire six-shot in a special holster under his shirt. The same with the knives. One was in a scabbard on his belt, easy to see, but he had four more concealed here and there.

He cleaned the guns, sharpened the knives, and put all his firepower and cutting power back where they belonged. He even slept with most of them. Then he waited for Bludge to demand a report. He was mighty demanding, as were most men who hired their fighting done.

A hard fist hit the door. “Boss wants to see you.”

The footsteps faded away fast. No one liked to look him in the eye when they were hollering out orders.

No one except Bludge.

Wax judged the rest of the men to be wiser than the boss, and that was never a good thing.

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