"COCK CAWWW! COCK CAWWWWW!"
"That's not mockin' no rooster Miss L'Amour. That sounds more like a crow."
Young Broderick Neucomb joined Sadie at the rooftop window where she stood trying to discourage the daily alarm cock, the rooster Cogburn from his morning wail. Yes, you heard it right, Sadie laughed over the irony just as much, Rooster Cogburn and the Lady, all he needed was an eyepatch. Still naked Sadie closed down the window to at least tune out the feathered fiend. "I know that. I was jus' makin' Cogburn think he had competition was all. You headin' home?"
"Yes'm! My baby brother Chester should be getting up by now. He's going to have a fit if he finds me gone. If'n I'm fast I can duck into the barn to feed the critters and he won't even know I was missin'." Brody was putting his boots on standing up.
"I'll walk ya down, I need to use the piss bucket anyways." She opened the bedroom door, "Let's leave the lovebird's cock cawwin' one last time before Curly needs to get back to Millie." Edward was half asleep but heard her and did stir enough to look at Carlotta laying in his arms, her delightful fingernails playing amid his mass of chest hair.
"Yer not gonna get dressed?" Brody winced at Sadie in ready to head down the steps.
"Fine!" She steps back around him and goes to her large duffle bag and lifts her cowboy hat full of money, pouring it inside the bag. Placing her empty Stetson on her bed head, she returned to find Brody in awe. "Will you jus' go before I do. I can't hold my bladder much longer. Too much whiskey frisky." She hurried him along to the bottom step, Brody following her into the back room to use the bucket. Watching her squat and urinate was intriguing to the learning lad.
"So, that's where yer pee hole is. I always wondered. I never wanted to ask Uncle Brutus for fear he'd hit me upside the noggin." Done tinkling Sadie patted her bikini area as if trying to dry herself before standing tall. "Sorry if I'm a mite flushed watchin' ya."
"So that's how ya flush this toilet." She smirked then picked the bucket up by the handle then paused, "You need to use the faciliTEASE before I mud up the back alley, Brodside?"
"No ma'am, I can whip it out on my way home. It's over the hill where nobody can see me."
"Unlock that back door then, and you can be on yer way."
"I can go dump it if'n you don't wanna be seen without no clothes."
"Brody? I don't care who sees me. They all think I'm one of two things... sexy as fuck, or crazy. Might as well prove I'm both."
"I don't think yer crazy. Miss L'Amore?" He unbolted the back door and opened it like a gentleman for her. "Do you really think I should try'n get to know Esther Crowley? I surely don't want to offend her none, nor her pa and ma."
"Be courteous and helpful Brody, jus' don't overdo it and look obvious. Offer her daddy some help and ask if he can teach you a trade. You can eyeball Esther but don't let her parents know you wanna jump her petticoat function. Take that part nice an slow, you can wink and all to let her know yer interested, jus' don't walk right up and grab the poor girl." Sadie took the back steps down and found the sewer trench Edward had dug out back in the alley. Many other businesses had similar holes, so this was really no big thing to anyone. Peering down the alley she spotted someone she hadn't met yet. "Who's that there?" She tipped her hat up and poured her bucket.
"Oh! That there's Mrs. Loretta Carlyle. She and her husband Wilbur own the mercantile. She sure is eyeballin' you fer bein' nekkid."
"No, she's eyeballin' you fer bein' with me while nekkid." She laughed, "You best get on before yer the latest rumor. We don't want Esther and her folks gettin' the wrong idea."
"So not wrong Miss L'Amore. Can I come visit you again?"
"Better not Brody. I'll likely be movin' out of Edward's now that he's engaged. You might wanna keep that part to yerself until he talks to Millie and Alfred. Okay?"
"Yes'm! Thank you for a lovely time."
"It was lovely. Now get on before I make you wear this bucket for a hat. Wedge it on yer head enough you can be a buckin' bucket bronco." Chuckling the boy took off into a sprint. Loretta Carlyle watched the young man turn out of the alley before taking a walk. Leaving the stores back porch she lifted her skirt off the sand and marched right up to Sadie. Cogburn up above her was looking down and being his annoying self.
"Miss L'Amour! Why are you outside without your clothing? That young man is at an impressionable age."
"He snuck up on me when I was tippin'!" Luckily, Loretta had stepped out after the two of them were already talking, she hadn't seen him come out of the barbershop. "I hear you own the mercantile. Loretta, right?"
"My husband does, and yes, Loretta Carlyle. I merely work there and order supplies. Can you... please cover yourself."
"Surely!" Bucket in front of her pussy, hat and arm over her breasts. "Better?"
"Hardly! I had heard you were a handful." Loretta actually grinned before a scowl. "Thank you for saving the Sheriff and apprehending those outlaws."
"That's my job. Well, the apprehendin' part. I'm no doctor but I did what I had to. I wonder if Tom's awake yet." A shrug between them they heard screams of pleasure overpowering Cogburn's morning revival.
"Oh, for goodness' sake Cogburn." Loretta looked up with distaste, "Go on back to your hens." As if obedient the rooster ceased fire and turned to strut out over the rooftops.
"Ya made that look easy. He surely doesn't listen to me."
"It appears your horse does. That was some show watching him sit in the street while you gave him an ear full. It was almost as if he were as human as you and I."
"We jus' came to an understandin' is all. Mister O'Malley was gonna shoot him if he didn't straighten up. The big fella seemed to understand me."
"I heard you broke him at the stables. You are a fascinating woman, Miss L'Amour." Loretta wavered, "Might I ask, why on earth would you defile such beauty with all of those tattooed critters?"
"Aww! Thank ya Loretta. Yer a mite purdy yerself if ya don't mind my sayin'." Blush!
"If only my husband would say that more often. The tattoos?" She pointed at her.
"In my line of work, I need to put fear in the enemy. The Dillsby's call me the Devil's daughter cuz of my tattoos. That and purdy much everything I do."
"You are a bounty hunter then."
"Yep! Until I find me a better job. Millie and Alfred are gonna hire me at the saloon to throw out unruly types fer a spell, until I move on that is. I need to wait on Tom and Mister O'Malley to secure my reward money. Grennen says the Judge will have to offer his blessing because I'm a woman to get the money."
"It is out of the ordinary." The screams from above intensifying Loretta winced, "What is Mister Pike up to?"
"He's got Carlotta up there. I bought her for him fer the night. Seein' as he's lettin' me use his shop to catch some shut eye when I need it. I might be movin' out though, any ideas where I might find me a roof besides the saloon."
"There is a boarding house at the far end of town. Only two rooms but they are quaint. It belongs to Mister Ramirez. He used to be a Padre until God told him otherwise. He lives a quiet life here all alone."
"First time I've ever heard of God sayin' ya better try yer hand at somethin' more fire and brimstone."
"That is true. He is a very nice man, very handsome, but please do not tell Wilbur I... look."
"Secrets safe with me Loretta and please call me Sadie."
"Thank you, Sadie. If there is anything you might need from our store, please drop in."
"I'll do that. I best get Carlotta home before Millie charges me more."
"Question? Were you like this... up there... with Mister Pike and Carlotta Dean?" Nude!
"Sure was! How ya think I pay my rent?" She winked. "I'm a gal with needs jus' like, well, no offense... you."
"Oh! I wish my needs..." A deafening sigh she finishes her thought, "... it has been quite some time." Loretta sighed, "I will not concern you with my marital woes."
"Naw! Hey! You ever need to talk, I'm around fer at least another three weeks. Feel free to chat my ear off." She puts her hat back on exposing her breasts again. Loretta lowered her gaze to take them in visually, those hand tattoos over her tits flipping off any voyeur disturbed her.
"Your rather large breasts... hold up quite well." Silly cone!
"God's gift to gunfighters." Sadie winked and waved goodbye, entering the barbershop and closing the door. Loretta peered around her vicinity for eyes then fanned her features with both hands.
"Goodness! I wonder if she might... no, I couldn't possibly ask such a thing." Loretta Carlyle went on back to her store. Finding her husband Wilbur adjusting things on the shelves. Dusting with a feather duster she walked right up to him and attempted a kiss. "Wilbur?"
"Yes, my angel?"
"Lock the front door and let's..." She wiggled her eyebrows trying to entice her man, "... just this once."
"I'm truly not in the mood Loretta. I drank too much at the saloon last night. I daresay I have a hangover." She looked straight down at his britches with a frown.
"Certainly, no hangover that might include me." Dick rising to say good morning was not for her. A moment of thought she sighed, "I just saw Miss L'Amour out in the alley as naked as the day she was born."
"Oh?" His eyes sparkled and his crotch blossomed outward with might.
"Why can you never do that for me? Maybe I should step outside like Miss L'Amour and let the whole town see me. I bet one of them might find me attractive." She turned away in a huff! It was an intriguing idea.
Heading back upstairs Sadie found Edward and Carlotta getting dressed. A silence in the room Sadie went to her bag near the window and plucked it up. Hauling it to the bed she brushed the covers out in an effort to somewhat make it look tidier. It reeked of sex and her nostrils being as sensitive as they were made her wince. "Woooweeeee! We need to launder these sheets, Eddie."
"Perhaps you might find time to do that while I open my business?" Silence ended.
"Yu Rang runs a laundry out of Mistress Millie's back room where the tubs are." Carlotta joined in, feeling guilty knowing she was responsible for quite a lot of said odors, "I could... if ya pay for the services."
"Yu Rang?" Sadie laughed, "That's hilarious! I'm suspectin' a Chinese fella?"
"A Chinese lady. Came to town by herself and stayed. She won't be no dove though, so she just washes clothes."
"I'll have to say howdy to Miss Rang. Tell ole' Alfred to run us a tab, I'll settle that tonight or tomorrow. I need some clothing washed too but I'd rather do that myself. I don't have much as it is."
"I thought you were going to stop by the tailors and have some new clothing made."
