Donners of the Dead
“It reminded me too much of what went on today. I just picked at the food and barely managed to drink a cup of weak tea before I excused myself to go out to the outhouse, taking a lantern and my heavy shawl with me.
“I’ll go with ya,” Jake said, easing his massive frame from the wooden bench.
I stopped by the door and narrowed my eyes at him. “You will not.” I didn’t want him anywhere near me.
“It’s for your own protection,” he said gruffly, putting his hand on the butt of his revolver.
“No, it’...s not. It’s so I don’t take off with the gold.”
He jerked his head in Avery’s direction. “Wrong you are. I know you wouldn’t go anywhere without him.”
I exhaled sharply through my nose and then stormed off into the night. I hadn’t been to the latrine yet, so I didn’t even know where it was, but I was too proud to stop walking.
“If you take another step,” Jake warned, his voice drifting up from behind me, “you’ll walk right into the lake. And that ice ain’t gonna hold you no matter how trim your figure.”MoreLess
“I’ll go with ya,” Jake said, easing his massive frame from the wooden bench.
I stopped by the door and narrowed my eyes at him. “You will not.” I didn’t want him anywhere near me.
“It’s for your own protection,” he said gruffly, putting his hand on the butt of his revolver.
“No, it’...s not. It’s so I don’t take off with the gold.”
He jerked his head in Avery’s direction. “Wrong you are. I know you wouldn’t go anywhere without him.”
I exhaled sharply through my nose and then stormed off into the night. I hadn’t been to the latrine yet, so I didn’t even know where it was, but I was too proud to stop walking.
“If you take another step,” Jake warned, his voice drifting up from behind me, “you’ll walk right into the lake. And that ice ain’t gonna hold you no matter how trim your figure.”MoreLess
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