He was an older man and he had a kind smile which was unusual for a judge. Being a gunfighter, I never got that many smiles anyway. I had to get that property back so me and Alma would have a place to live if she said yes. I hired a buggy from the livery stable and me and Blue Eyes drove out to the old place. It looked a lot different than it did when I left. There were flowers planted all around the house and there were rose bushes growing out around the tree where my parents were buried. Someone had put fresh-cut flowers on their graves.
I walked up on the porch and knocked. No one answered. I turned around to leave as she was coming up behind me.
“Well, Jeremiah, it sure took you long enough to get here.” All I could see was that big sunshine smile and her red hair. I knew that my gunfighting days were over. She threw her arms around me and gave me a big kiss. All I could say was,
“Alma.”
EBooks by James Butler available through Amazon:
Along Came A Gunfighter
Amy’s Revenge
El Diablo
Gimme Back My Kidney
Gunfight On Two Moons
Jeremiah Tucker The Gunfighter
Jeremiah Tucker The Gunfighter Book 2
Just Call Me Harry
Let Death Pass
Mandy
Molly
Remote Possibilities
Short Stories by James Butler: The Bamboo Viper; Remote Possibilities; The Carousel
Stagecoach To Hell
The Bamboo Viper
The Bamboo Viper Series
The Battle of the Bloodsuckers
The Billboard
The Canister
The Carousel
The Chameleon
The Gunfighter Series
Jeremiah Tucker The Gunfighter
Jeremiah Tucker the gunfighter Book 2
Jeremiah Tucker and the Angel of Death
The Hank McCoy Series: Molly; Let Death Pass
The Harry McShane Series: Just Call Me Harry; The Hunter
The Hunter
The Land of Shadow Hollow
The Legend of Concho Canyon
The Sam Tanner Series: The Canister; The Battle of the Bloodsuckers
The Scar
The Scorpion
The Scorpion and Ghost Badger
The Scorpion Series: The Scorpion; The Scorpion and Ghost Badger
Time Will No Longer Tell