As the Eagle Flies. J. D. Oliver
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Название: As the Eagle Flies
Автор: J. D. Oliver
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Вестерны
isbn: 9781771430029
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“Of course, blow in my ear and I’ll follow you anywhere.” I said.
“Oh, I’ll do more than that, after we’re married.” Then I got another kiss…
After supper, Faith fed Alita, then left her in the care of Alona and Grandma. We went out to the five car garage. In one of the spots was a restored 50 Ford Pickup. It was cherry apple green in color. Faith said, “This was Teddy’s pride and joy, it looks stock, doesn’t it? But it’s not, there’s a fairly new Mustang V-6 under the hood; he said it was supercharged. I haven’t driven it, in fact I’ve never even rode in it. He had just finished it the week before he was killed in that plane crash. Do you want to take it?”
“Yes, of course. I would love to, I’ve always been a little bit of car nut myself.” I said, as I slid behind the wheel. Of course that was after I helped Faith in the passenger side. It did have seat belts and after market airbags.
The transmission was a dragsters dream, it was one of the sidebar shifts, it wasn’t just a three speed though, it was a five speed. It took me a few seconds to get the hang of it. The motor just sat there and growled. Oh yeah, there was one other thing that wasn’t stock; a built in child restraint seat. I guess he was thinking ahead.
I felt a little funny, it was like stepping into another man’s shoes. I guess I shouldn’t worry, Faith sure wasn’t. We couldn’t set side by side; cause of the child seat in the middle. I guess that was okay, we were buckled in anyway.
I idled out of the garage and down the lane. When I hit the county road, which was paved. I goosed it, it fish tailed from side to side before I could get off of it. “Whew, this is one hot rod,” I said, Faith said,
“Isn’t it though. Oh, you were talking about the truck, yes it is too.” She said with a smile. I looked at her, “Patience, my love, patience.” I said with a leer.
We pulled up in front of the clinic. I went around and opened the door for Faith. I reached in to help her out, she grabbed me and pulled me down and kissed me. Of course I put up a fight, NOT!
She was leaking again, that cut our kiss short. “Damn, that sure puts a damper on my ardor,” she said.
“Yeah, mine too. But I guess that’s good, at least till we get married. I sure hope that shot the Doc is going to give you works.” I said.
The Doctor was waiting for us. She was a young Navajo girl. Turned out this was her first practice. She looked at me, “Sioux?” She said.
“Uh, no, Northern Cheyenne. Close, but no cigar.” I said.
“I hope you don’t smoke!” She said.
“Uh, that was a joke, of course I don’t smoke.”
“Good. Because second hand smoke is bad for babies, well really for anyone.” She said.
I was starting to think she didn’t have a sense of humor, that was till I caught the twinkle in her eye. “Oh, you were just pulling my leg.” I said.
“Well Duh, I was starting to think you didn’t have a sense of humor. Come on in, we’ll give you a quick once over Faith, then we’ll see about that shot.”
I followed her in. The Doc glanced at me, then said to Faith, “Where did you pick him up?”
“He fell out of the sky, he’s mine and I’m keeping him.” Faith said.
“Well, I sure don’t want him, he’s all yours.” Doc said. “Although he is sort of cute.”
“Hey, I’m right here. Are you both blind?”
“Stifle it Edith, if you want to stay in here while I check your wife over.” Doc said.
“Hey, you called her my wife, how did you know we’re getting married?” I said.
“Well, what else would you be doing with Faith, she’s not a floozy, you know?”
“Yes, Doc, I do know that. And I’m not either. Do you know anyone who can marry us?” I said.
“Yeah, me. I’m the Clerk and Recorder and the Justice of the Peace for the Chama area. As such I’m licensed by the state.”
I looked at Faith, “Is that right, can she do that?”
“Yes, not only that, but being a doctor she can give us our blood tests.” Faith said.
“What’s your name Doc? I asked.
It’s Pretty Otter, Gail Pretty Otter. So how did you come to fall out of the sky?”
“Well, we didn’t really fall out, the starboard engine on my Cessna was giving a little trouble; we had to make an emergency landing.” I said.
“You said ‘we’, who else was with you?” Gail asked.
“My Dad and Brother. My Dad’s name is Karl and my brother’s name is Jake. Our last name is Bronson. Oh, by the way, as far as the wedding goes; Dad and Felicia are getting married also.”
“What? Felicia Cortez is getting married? I can’t believe it, really?” Gail said.
“What’s wrong with her getting married?” I asked.
“Nothing really, it’s just that with the Spanish Land Grant; you do know that her place has been in her family for three hundred years? I see that you didn’t, but anyway when she got married the first time she didn’t even take her husbands name, she kept her maiden name of Cortez. And speaking of the land grant; Faith, would you tell Felicia that there has been some lawyers poking around? They wanted to see her title, I told them to piss off.”
“Well you can rest assured that Dad isn’t interested in her property, that is outside of the intimate kind. My Mother died two years ago. We still own our ranch in the Big Horn Basin. We don’t need more land.” I said.
“I’m sorry if I gave you the wrong impression, I didn’t think your Dad was. It’s just that I can see trouble on the horizon; is your Dad sure he wants to get involved?”
“Sure, why not? We’re fighters, always have been. We especially like to take the underdog’s side.” I said.
“Alright, let’s forget about that. Since you guys are getting married, I guess I had better give you both a quick once over. When is the last time you had a physical Clay?”
“When I was mustered out of the Navy. I guess it’s been about two years.”
“Okay, but I think I’d better check a few things; we’ll draw some blood and a urine sample and I suppose we had better check your prostate.”
“Why my prostate, what for?”
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