Romance
Copyright© 2015 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 18
Sultry came dancing up to Jack, "I gotta Go ... where is it?"
"Chamber pot or the back-house," said Jack.
She rushed out the backdoor. The back-house was close to the midden.
"Jack!" she cried, "It stinks."
"Hold your nose," said Jack.
Sultry was one of those girls who live in the bathroom ... at least it seems like it ... ask any brother.
"That long? I can't."
She came tumbling out. "I can't Go in there. Where's the chamber pot?"
"Head of the stairs, turn left. First door on your left."
Following directions, she was soon seated. Trumpets echoed and the sound of rushing waters were included. "Jack?"
Jack was no fool. He had this demand figured out before she sat down. Earth had paper, Crossroads had paper. Chaos? What's paper?
"What?"
"There's no paper."
"Yeah ... Welcome to Chaos." He laughed, opened the door and handed her the Legionnaires Companion. It looked like a toilet brush but the head was covered with hair-on sheepskin. "When you're done clean it in the bucket of water."
"Jack!" She exclaimed. "Oh ... that's soft. What bucket? Jack. Jack. Jack! What bucket?"
"This bucket," said Jack. "Rinse it good."
"Jack?"
"Yes, Dear?"
"I want to go home."
"Can't ... not until the rescue."
"Jack. I want to go home ... NOW."
"Sultry..."
"Now, Jack. Make it happen. Now!"
So, Jack went back to the bank. He said, "Manager, please," to the teller in the cage.
"What for?"
"It's personal."
The teller was a local boy. He knew the manager was an important man. Too important for the likes of Jack.
"I can't just summon him on a whim. Why?"
"Like I said, it's personal."
Another thing, Jack was the leader of the gang that killed the holdup crew ... and left the dead. He'd had to haul each body out the door, lock up the bank, and haul the body to the midden; it took four hours to haul all six dead to the midden.
Another hatchet to grind. To a man ruled by pettiness, the chance to do Jack dirt was too good to pass up.
"I'm sorry, I can't. Not unless you can give me a hint."
"You married?"
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