BG has grown quite a lot. New characters have joined the plot. What will this new volume hold in store. You have to check it out if you want to know more.
A Collaboration of authors from around the globe. A western written in poetry and prose. Wher...
Josie didn't have to slip quietly out of her room.
Jake hadn't come home last night, he was with Sallie she did assume.
That thought turned her stomach indeed,
Thoughts of Jake and Sallie.
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Josie knew her brother wasn't a saint by no means,
But Sallie was cruel and vile,
Hadn't treated Jake well since he was hardly more than a child.
The same age as Josie was now,
When Jake got tangled up with that crazy woman somehow.
Josie did creep quietly past Sallie's room,
No desire to see that witch again so soon.
For Josephine was on a mission today,
Secrecy was key.
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But there was someone else's help she would need.
Josie knew she'd be lying if she did say,
That was the only reason she wanted to see Jhonny today.
Even the thought of him, his silly grin,
Got her heart to beating,
Faster in her chest and her belly felt like she'd swallowed a hornets nest!
Not that she would ever tell Jhonny what she felt about him,
His head was already big enough and vanity was a sin.
With her head held high, she made her way to pay Ron a visit at the stables where she found him mucking out hay.
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She cleared her throat, "Ron, good day. Do you know when Jhonny is expected back in BG? I believe I may have left something behind on his ship accidentally."
Ron gave her a mischievous grin, "Why yes Josie I am expecting him. But to tell you when, is going to cost you. Say, what you got in that lunch pail anyway?"
Josie sighed and rolled her eyes. If she didn't need the information so badly indeed, she would not have given in to Ron so easily. But as it stood, she would play his childish game today.
"I have a raspberry tart left over from dinner last night at the hotel."
"That sounds swell. Hand it over, and I'll sing like a bird."
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Josie opened her pail and removed the tart wrapped neatly in wax paper for safe keeping. To up the ante, she unwrapped the pastry delicately.
"Tell me what I want to know first Ron. Then I'll place it in your hand. Understand?"
Ron eyed the tart and his mouth watered at the sight. It sure looked good alright. But he didn't like no girl telling him what to do!
The two of them locked eyes, neither backing down. At least until Josie smelled the tart, making an ummm sound .
"Alright! I'll tell you okay! I'm expecting Jhonny later today. After school, he's supposed to meet me behind the stables!" Cracked Ron
Josie smiled, the battle was won. She handed him the tart.
"Pleasure doing business with you. I'll meet Jhonny after school. Goodbye, Ron."
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"What do you want with him anyway?"
Ron smelled the tart and he could hardly wait. Lunch seemed an awfully long time away.
But Josie didn't reply. It was private of course. She stopped long enough just to pet her horse. But she held her giggle in, until she had left him, standing in the stables eyeing that tart wistfully. Josie hated raspberry. It had always been her intention to trade it away at school today anyway.
When Jhonny showed up to meet Ron
Josie would be the one.
Waiting, with an offer he couldn't refuse,
A trade of which, Jhonny wouldn't want to lose....
