The Gunsmith 420 by JR Roberts

Author:JR Roberts
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: piccadilly publishing, robert randisi, jr roberts, the gunsmith, clint adams, erotic western ebook, sexy western novel, the old west pulp fiction
Publisher: Piccadilly Publishing

Twenty-Four

The Perkins sisters sat together at the dining room table.

“This isn’t right,” Belinda said.

“Nobody asked you,” Loretta said.

“I have a right to my opinion!” Belinda snapped.

“No, little girl, you don’t!” Loretta snapped back.

“Loretta,” Teresa said, “she’s just—”

“No,” Loretta said, “this is all her fault.”

“My fault?” Belinda asked. “How?”

Loretta looked her right in the eyes, causing the younger girl to flinch.

“If you hadn’t killed your husband, we wouldn’t have had to kill ours,” she said, slowly, “and we wouldn’t be in this mess.”

“I told you,” Belinda said, “he was being horrible!”

“They were all horrible,” Teresa said, “all three of them. After all, they were brothers.”

“They were husbands,” Loretta said. “The best we could do at the time.”

“I’m glad they’re dead,” Belinda said.

“Damn it, Belinda—” Loretta started, but Teresa cut her off.

“I’m glad they’re dead, Loretta,” she said, “and I think you are, too.”

“And are you glad Corazon is gone?” Loretta asked.

“How were we supposed to know Lomax would take it out on the whole town when the sheriff refused to arrest us.”

“He had no proof!” Belinda said.

“No, he didn’t,” Loretta said, “but Lomax doesn’t care about that.”

“Well then, we need Clint to help us,” Teresa said.

“What?” Loretta asked.

“He’s the Gunsmith,” she said. “We need him for protection, not to get Belinda pregnant.”

Loretta hesitated a moment, then said, “We need him for both.”

“Well,” Teresa said, “how are you gonna get him to protect us while he’s locked up?”

“I don’t know,” Loretta said, “I’ll have to figure that out.”

“Like you figured out how to keep him here?” Belinda asked.

“Did you have a better idea?” Loretta demanded.

“I don’t know,” Belinda said, “you didn’t ask me.”

“Well, well,” Loretta said, “little sister’s found herself a spine.” She stood up. “I tell you what, baby girl. You figure out how to get him to protect us, and when you do, you let me know.”

She turned and stormed out of the dining room.

“That’s just great!” Teresa said.

“Come on, Teresa, we’re smart. Between us we can think of somethin’.”

Teresa hesitated, then reached out and took her little sister’s hand. “Maybe we can.”

~*~

Skinner came scrambling back up to the bluff, breathing hard when he got there.

“What’s wrong with you?” Lomax asked. “Were you scared?”

“Damn right I was scared,” Skinner said. “That’s the goddamned Gunsmith down there, and I’ve seen him in action. I didn’t want him seein’ me around his horse.”

“But you saw it?” Lomax said. “His horse is still there?”

“It’s there.”

“Did you go up to the house, maybe look in a window?” Lomax asked. “Or was you too scared to do that, too?”

“I was way too damn scared to do that,” Skinner admitted.

Lomax turned and looked at his other three men, who had dismounted and were crouched down, having a conversation. Should he send one of them down to have a look? No, not a good idea. They were handy with their guns, but other than that they were stupid and clumsy.

“All right, then,” he said to Skinner. “We’ll just stay here and watch for a while.”

Skinner appreciated that, because he still had to catch his breath.

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