Disclaimer:
This story involves violence, death, native Americans, religion, profanity, and incest. I don't wish to offend, this is purely a work of fiction. All characters involved in sexual relationships are over 18.
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Jones Farm Savages
3. The House Call
Although James had been back at the Jones farm for two days now, he had not slept in a bed yet. The first night he was sitting next to his dying father until the morning. And the second day he slept on the porch under the sky, drunk from the whiskey and from the idea, to never return to the cavalry. When he woke up, Bethany stood over him, a cup of coffee in her hands.
"There you go," she said as she handed him the metal cup.
Thankful he took it and the hot beverage warmed his stomach.
"I am going to Woodview, tell around that father died and Adam's back," she said.
"I'll go with you," he said and stood up.
"Better if you stay here. Let's see who still knows Adam."
"Alright," he agreed after a moment. "Make sure you send a message to Camp Fortitude, otherwise they'll come looking for me."
"It's in the works, Mother wrote it," she patted her jacket pocket.
"I see, you have been busy," he said.
Bethany turned around and walked towards the waiting horse.
"Thank you Beth," James called.
Bethany mounted the horse and looked to him with a smirk in her face. "I told you to call me Bethany," she said before she spurred her horse and rode away.
He sipped his coffee. Over at the barn, he saw Rachel carry two heavy buckets on a carrying pole. When she stumbled, she spilled most of the water. James left his cup on the porch and rushed to her. Rachel sat on the ground and looked as if she was about to cry, her clothes drenched in water. James helped her up and Rachel shyly smiled at him. Still holding her, James eyes wandered down her body and her wet clothes clung to her body. Her cotton dress was almost translucent and he could see her full boobs over a flat stomach. He couldn't look away, her body was magnificent.
"Thank you James," she breathed.
"You're welcome," he answered automatically. Finally he let go of her and stepped back, she was his sister.
"Let me help you with that," he said and picked up the yoke. He turned around to fetch fresh water.
At noon, he had watered and fed the livestock, fixed a leak in the roof of the barn and was now chopping wood. He had shed his shirt in the warm late summer sun. Tama and Lily had found something to do close by. They sat in the vegetable patch to remove weeds, but most of the time they whispered and giggled while they watched James and his naked upper body. Every time James looked over, they unsurprisingly found some weed that was hard to pick and they had to focus on. James smiled.
He drove the axe into the chopping block. He waited until he knew they watched him and then he looked straight in their direction and began to slowly walk towards the two girls. For a moment they did as before, hastily looking for something to pick. But when they looked up again to see where he was going, he caught their eyes and their facade was gone.
He stepped close to the kneeing girls who looked up with big questioning eyes, their heads on the same height as his bulging pants. He waited a moment before he began to speak.
"Tama sweetie, do you know where your mother is? I need her help with something," he said.
Tama swallowed and responded, "I believe she's at the creek, watching, ehm, washing clothes."
James nodded, then he noticed the plant that Lily had in her hand. "Lily, are you sure that's what you want to pick?" he said with a big smile on his face.
Lily looked down at her hands, in her hurry, instead of a weed, she had picked a young carrot, tiny and thin. She blushed.
James turned around and called, "Thank you Tama," over his shoulders, before heading to the creek.
They two girls looked at each other and a wordless discussion ensued. A minute later, they stood up and followed James carefully, they did not wanted to be seen.
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Later, Abigail arrived at the farmstead in her two wheeled carriage. Next to her, was little Nathan and a stack of clothes, carefully folded and held together with a light blue ribbon. She stopped the carriage next to the house, disembarked and looked around, everybody seemed busy elsewhere. She pulled down Nathan and set him on the ground, then she stepped into the house.
Ruth, her mother, was inside, stirring the pot above the fireplace.
Abigail bent down to her son and whispered, "Say hello to your gramma," and Nathan said in his clear youthful voice, "Hello gramma."
Ruth turned around and looked at them and her eyes became glossy. She looked at Nathan, put up her best smile and said "Hello Nathan."
She kneed down and spread her arms. Nathan looked up to Abigail and when she nodded, he run towards his grandma and hugged her.
"I'll be here more often now," Abigail said, "and so is he, if that's alright."
"Thank you," answered Ruth almost without words, a teardrop run down her face.
Abigail waited a moment and then asked, "Where are they all?"
"Bethany is in Woodview. The others should be around," Ruth said distracted, her arms around her grandson.