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The Untamed ( Katy1008 & CrimsonMaster )

Almost as soon as she was on her hands and knees... as soon as she saw Calvera's cock in front of her, she took it in her mouth. stretching her jaw wide she took his already hard cock deep into her mouth and the slowly drew her head back and she moaned low and long as Miguel eased his cock into her cunt. Miguel was not JP... neither was Calvera. Not by a long way. Katie doubted that any of the men around her right now were as big as JP, but this was still new territoy for her. But for the Crenshaws she had never had more than one man in her bed at any time (and strictly of course they weren't in her bed); and now there were a dozen of them. She was really about to take 12 men.

As that thought went through her head and as she took Calvera deep into her mouth again, she felt Miguel's hand move over the brand on her ass. Maybe Jack Crenshaw had turned her into a whore after all... albeit one who didn't actually charge any money. But over the last 12 months or so since she had pulled herself back from hell (with the help of Charlie) she had fucked a lot of men. Perhaps that just made her a slut rather than a whore. She laughed to herself, sucked a little harder on Calvera's cock and pushed back against Miguel as he pushed forward... deeper. She squeezed her cunt around him, squeezing and releasing, milking him. For Calvera, she moved her head steadily back and forth, working her tongue, periodically looking up at him as he rocked on his hips and fucked her mouth.

Miguel began to thrust a little deeper and faster and she knew he was about to cum. When he did, he yelled out loud, and held himself deep inside her while his cum shot deep. He was quickly replaced by another. The man behind her now gropped her ass, squeezed and spread it as he pushed himself into her dripping cunt. Shortly afterwards, Calvera shot his load down her throat, before he too was replaced. Katie opened her mouth wide again and took him deep as she was tag-teamed once again.
 
There were many different kinds of cocks among Calvera & his band of outlaws. Many different shapes......sizes & colors.....some had big cocks...although nothing the same size as JP's. Others had small cocks and still some were of average size and some were thicker while others were thin but each man knew how too use their cocks just like they knew how too use their guns. All of these men were Mexican so there skin was a shade darker and yet some were even a bit more darker. These men weren't the type who would be invited to afternoon tea.....or to the opera. They were the kind you would find drinking tequila...or cheap whiskey and smoking the cheapest cigars and even thought they stole money they kept very little for themselves. Most of the money taken was give too the poor families in Southern California. These men didn't live like kings even though they could have.....these men took up their guns to fight for people like Katie who lost everything to the greed of those men like the Crenshaw's.

Calvera & his men didn't see Katie as a slut.......or a whore.....or any of the other names used by society to label people they look down upon. Some of the men saw her as an equal......while others like Miguel thought that she had too be a Goddess because she was so perfect and beautiful and Calvera thought of Katie as a lady. They looked past how she dressed and what she was doing......and even though she was willing letting each men fuck her pussy or her mouth that didn't change how they saw Katie or what they thought of her. To these men what she was doing was no different then sharing a bottle of the best whiskey...or some fine cigars....it was seen as a gift she was sharing with them and that gift was her body.

Miguel pulled his softening cock from Katie's pussy.....he was grinning from ear to ear as Chano took his place. Chano's cock was a little bigger then Miguel's and a bit more thicker. He couldn't resist the chance to grope Katie's fine looking ass for a moment before he slid his cock into her dripping snatch. Chano began fucking Katie hard while he teased her asshole with his finger.....he rubbed around the outside then sank his finger into it while he fucked her cunt. Calvera pulled his cock from Katie's mouth...he moved back sitting on the ground then grabbed a bottle of tequila and took a long drink. He too was grinning while Paco took his place in front of Katie. She opened her mouth taking in his cock and started sucking him as she had done with Calvera. Both Paco & Chano moaned as the pleasure Katie was giving them washed over their bodies....this had to be as close too heaven as one could get on earth.
 
Katie moaned loudly as Chano's finger sunk into her ass. He leaned forward bringing his mouth to her ear as Paco slowly fucked her mouth.

"Does Katie like that? Does Katie want to get her ass fucked? Chano fucks Katie's ass?" Paco took hold of her head firmly but not painfully, withdrew his cock and turned her head a little towards Chano so that she could see him from the corner of her eye. She moaned... gasped...

"Si... por favor Chano... por favor...mmmmmmm" her mouth was immediately filled again and both men smiled to each other. Chano withdrew his cock slowly from her cunt, drew it back and eased it into her tight ass. Her positively growled at how it felt around his shaft. He reached out one hand and placed it on her shoulder and gently at first pulled her back onto him as he pushed forward. And again... and again... each time getting a little quicker. It didn't take long for both men to cum hard, filling her once again with cum.

Katie was vaguely aware of someone getting onto the floor next to her as both Paco and Chano withdrew. Someone else wrapped their arms around her and she was lifted onto the man next to her, his cock sliding immediately into her cunt as she was placed astride him. She felt his arms wrap around her waist. A third man lifted her head and presented another cock for her mouth which she took again hungrily. And then... she felt first a hand on her back, then two hands on her ass. A cock was pressing against her ass. She groaned loudly as the unknown cock was pushed into her ass. Never before had she had three cocks inside her at the same time and it sent her wild with a hunger she had never experienced before. All three cocks began fucking her holes. Slowly at first, then gradually building up speed.

One man after another entered her... filling her mouth or her cunt or her ass... unloading. Occassionally someone would place a bottle of tequilla in front of her and she would take a long drink before it was replaced with a cock.

By the time dawn broke, she was soaked in sweat and cum and exhausted and sore. She lay half awake, half asleep between two men. As she became a little more conscious, and a little more aware of the slight hangover, she lay thinking about moving... thinking about a refreshing bath in the lake but maybe in a minute or two.
 
All night long Calvera & his men shared pleasures with Katie....some even shared twice while a few like Calvera himself had a third time with her. He couldn't pass up enjoying Katie's sweet pussy.....or her ass. By dawn everyone had finished.....they were all laying around and Katie had about 20 loads of cum inside her pussy......ass & in her stomach. It was a night none of them would ever forget....it was a night of fun and pure pleasure among the closest of friends. Katie was laying between the last two men who fucked her....Carlos & Pepe.....a third man Pedro was laying at her feet. Calvera came up kicked Carlos out of the way then laid down next too Katie.

Calvera was still naked.....still awake and still drinking tequila....but his mind was also still sharp. He stroked his fingers lightly over Katie's naked skin as he looked down at her smiling. She was an amazing woman.....beautiful....great body and obviously very smart and Calvera had grown very fond of Katie. " Thank you Katie for the wonderful gift of your body that you shared with us.......you will forever be one of us.......you will always be welcomed with us. " Calvera said softly then he leaned down placing a soft & deep kiss upon Katie's lips. It didn't matter too Calvera that her chin and lower face was covered in dried cum....he cared to deeply for Katie to worry about such things.
 
"Thank you." She smiled at him and kissed him back.

"Im going to go and get cleaned up before breakfast, and then I have somewhere I need to be, Senor." With that she eased herself up from between the men, moaning softly at her aching body. It had definitely been a long night.

She walked, naked over to her horse and pulled a towel, some soap and some clean clothes out of her saddlebag. She was aware of some of the men sitrring, starting to pull themselves out of their makeshift beds and beginning to set a fire, brew coffee... She watched them for a moment. Simple people with a simple life. Good people. She turned and walked over to the lake. When she had lived at the ranch with Martin, there had been one or two mornings when the pair of them had bathed together in the lake. She smiled as she waded into the chilly water. She sat down in the water slowly, letting it creep up her body until it covered her shoulders. She tipped her head back a little and closed her eyes breathing in the fresh morning air. And then she began to bathe.
 
Calvera watched as Katie got up then walked over to her horse. She pulled out a towel.....soap and clean clothes then walked over to the nearby lake. Some of the others had started moving around....each of them were still smiling from those sweet memories from last night......such a wonderful night they shared with Katie. Calvera laid the bottle of tequila down then walked over to the lake....he moved in carefully then sat down next to her. He offered too help Katie wash up and after the night they shared she wouldn't say no. Calvera took the soap and started to wash Katie's back. " Since you have a history with the Crenshaw's I'll share something that I've heard. " Calvera said as his hands worked over Katie's back with the bar of soap and his hands.

Calvera told Katie that the rumor going around was that Victor found a gold mine in the hills just east of the horseshoe lake. The mine had been kept hidden by a man who use to own the land....a man named Walter Smith. It seemed too Calvera that this was one of the reason why Victor wanted the land since he had found out about a hidden gold mine. Calvera had no idea that Walter Smith was Katie's uncle and that the land was hers until Jack & Jimmy forced it from her. " I've heard that this mine is worth millions....one of the biggest mines in California. " Calvera added as his hands slipped down over Katie's body then back up moving around her shoulders.
 
She relaxed as Calvera took the soap from her and moved in behind her. Initially when he started talking to her, she wasn't particularly interested. Roumours about the Crenshaws were never particularly interesting to her and were usually always the same involving the same nasty behaviour. But this time was different. It had been a long time since she had heard Walter's name; a long time since she had thought about him.

"Do you know... the name of the land its on? Is it... is it the Horseshoe Ranch? Do you know what happened to this man... Walter?"

Maybe it was somewhere different; someone else. It wasnt as if what the Crenshaw's had done to her was the first time they had done it. Maybe it wasn't the land that used to be hers.
 
Calvera titled his head to one side when Katie asked about the man named Walter and about the name of the land. " Well I've heard he died.....the story was that Walter was killed while out hunting.....but I've heard it was on Victor's orders......and that Jack did the job himself. " Calvera said as his hands slowed down then he dropped the soap in the water and started pouring water over Katie's back and shoulders with his hands. " I don't know the name of the ranch......it sets just south of Victorville......there is a large lake shaped like a horseshoe.....it has green meadows....rolling hills.....forest land that is near the mountain area where the mine was found.......oh and I believe that the land was left too a young girl.....never heard her name thought. " Calvera said as he moved around in front of Katie....his body was firm and tanned by the sun.

Calvera could now see a strange look on Katie's face one that he hadn't seen before. " Are you feeling alright Katie......maybe too much tequila last night? " Calvera said as he wrapped his arms around Katie pulling her closer...he was getting worried that something was wrong since she was now looking a bit pale....which wasn't easy since her own skin was tan.
 
Katie was struggling to take in it. Staring at Calvera as he related what he knew, and then staring at some point on the water just in front of her. As he moved in front of her, she looked at him for a moment and then let him wrap his arms around her.

"No... not the tequilla." Slowly, gently, she pushed herself out of Calvera's embrace. She stared at him for a moment, wondering whether to tell him. She swallowed.

"I... I told you last night, I owned some land... land that Crenshaw took from me. It was land that had been left to me, by my uncle. Crenshaw killed him - although the marshall in Victorville wasn't interested in that - not realizing that he had left it to me. A ranch.... He called it Horseshoe ranch because of the lake nearby... this lake. My uncle's name was Walter Smith. But he... he never mentioned a mine."
 
Calvera listened as Katie filled in the details from last nights story that she shared while everyone sat around the camp fire. He knew California well since this was his home....he lived here and knew it like the back of his own hand. " It must be the same land.....no other place in California has a lake named horseshoe. " Calvera said then he moved over beside Katie placing an arm around her....he then reached out with his hand placing his fingers under her chin gently lifted it so he could see her eyes. " Well it's been said that your uncle hidden the mine....he must have known that Victor wanted it and was trying too keep it from him.....obviously he never had the chance to tell you. " Calvera didn't want Katie too be be sad.....not after such a wonderful night they shared. " I think breakfast is ready.......Pepe is good cook.....I how you don't mind beef & beans for breakfast? " Calvera said as he gave Katie a hug with the arm wrapped around her shoulder. " Come......let's get you dressed.....if you keep walking around naked you'll turn us all on again. " Calvera said with a play & happy chuckle in his voice.

Pepe who was the main cook for Calvera and the others reheated the beef & beans leftover from last night. He also made a fresh.....large pot of coffee since everyone would need that after all the tequila they drank during the party with Katie. " BREAKFAST IS READY!!!! " Pepe called out as he looked around the others were began to sit down around the fire with their plates in hand.
 
Katie smiled at his final comment and nodded.
"Ok... clothes then breakfast! And then... then I have to go a meet a friend." She stood up. "And of course I dont mind beef and beans. I will never object to the hospitality you so generously offer me Senor." Still standing in the water up to her waist, she bowed, laughing and then walked back to the bank of the lake, dried herself quickly and dressed.

She and Calvera walked back into the main camp, just a Pepe called out. She walked over to her horse and repacked her clothes from the previous evening, her towel and soap. And she retrieved her mug and plate. Within minutes everyone was seated around the fire, tucking into good food and even better coffee. After everyone had finished, she helped clear up and then made to leave camp. Meeting JP now and getting back at the Crenshaws suddenly became even more important to her.
 
After everyone had eaten and the camp was being broke down so Calvera & his men could rejoin the rest of his gang he went to his horse. He reached into one of the saddlebags...Calvera pulled out something that was inside a sack then he walked over to where Katie was near her horse. " Katie....I have something for you. " Calvera said as he reached into the bag and pulled out a pistol belt. " I believe this will fit you.....it's better to keep your pistol on your hip then inside your pocket. " Calvera said as he wrapped the gun belt around Katie's waist then buckled it in the front. A big smile came over Calvera's face when he saw that it was a perfect fit on Katie's body then he tied the holster around her knee. The belt was made of fine black leather and already had 20 bullets along the back of the belt.

Calvera told Katie that he was heading for an old Spanish Mission not far from here. He also explained that's where the rest of his men were waiting for him and the others. He wasn't sure when he would see Katie again so Calvera took her into his arms and placed a deep....passionate kiss upon her lips....letting his tongue roll around with hers. Calvera pulled back from the kiss then one by one each of the men came up to thank Katie for last night....some kissed her on the lips while others on her cheek. " Remember Katie......if you need us......we'll be there for you. " Calvera said as he mounted his horse then the others followed.
 
Katie smiled as she raised her arms a little to allow Calvera to fasten the belt.

"Calvera. It's very ... Someone took a lot of care in making this and it does fit very well but... " she really didn't want to hurt his feelings. She ran her hands over the leather. "I keep my gun in my pocket because I.. I can't draw." she shrugged a little feeling a little embarrassed. "if I try I usually finish up fumbling it and dropping the damn thing on the ground. If I keep it in my pocket.,, first no-one really suspects I ave one and... If needs be I can always shoot through my coat."

She could see Calvera was a little disappointed. "I'll tell you what though... When I'm done with this ... You can teach me ok?" she smiled as she undid the belt and handed it back to him, kissing his cheek as she did so. Then she turned and mounted up. She tipped her hat. "if I need you, I'll find you." she turned the horse and spurred him on.
 
Calvera was more then just a little disappointed that Katie didn't accept his gift.....he knew that she was riding into hell and keeping your gun inside your pocket wasn't good at all. Doing this messes up your aim....you'll most likely miss your target plus she would set her coat on fire and that wouldn't be helpful during a gun fight. Calvera & his men rode off heading towards the old Spanish Mission where he would meet up with the rest of his men. In his heart Calvera hoped that Katie know what she was doing because this could end badly for her if she wasn't careful.

JP had left Barstow early that morning....it was still dark out when he rode westward. He stopped at South Lake just where Katie said she would meet him. While JP waited he took the time to check over each of his guns.....making sure each was loaded and ready for when the time came to use them. He was sitting on an old log checking his two shot Remington model 95 derringer that he kept inside his coat just in case...also called a pocket gun.
 
As Katie headed for the South end of the lake, she recognised how fortunate she had been in the friends she had found over the last two years. First Charlie... there was no question in her mind thar Charlie had saved her. Without him she could never have rebuilt herself. And for a long time, there was just Charlie. Then in the space of a coouple of days, she had JP... Ok maybe she was stretching things a little to say he was her friend; she didn't know that yet, but for a US Marshall to have agreed for her to tag long with him... it said a lot she thought. And now Calvera and his gang of who knows how many. Sometimes it felt good to be on the right side.

Coming up on the small clearing, Katie decided to make no efforts to hide herself she wanted to give JP plenty of notice that it was her coming in and no-one else. God forbid she should get shot for taking him by surprise. She had no doubt that whilst her marksmanship might be a little questionable (so far she had relied on other skills, but she did know how to use a handgun although she was better with a rifle) his most certainly was not,

She slowed her horse down to a trot...then a walk.

"Marshall? Marshall Wright are you..." she stopped mid sentence on seeing him emerge from the trees to her right. "Good to see you again Marshall."
 
JP had finished checking over each of his weapons before Katie arrived at South Lake. He had just disappeared behind a tree to take a piss when he heard someone riding up too the lake area. JP was redoing his pants up when he heard Katie calling out....then JP stepped from behind the tree. " Good morning Katie. " JP said as he started walking towards her.....he slipped a hand into his inside coat pocket pulling out a wad of money. " You killed Lopez yesterday..........here's the reward.......$5,000 dollars. " JP said as he handed the money up too Katie then walked over to his horse. JP climbed up on too the back of his American Stud then whirled him around .

" I hope you brought a canteen with you and that it's filled.......we'll be traveling all day through the desert before reaching Victorville....we should get into town around nightfall. " JP said as he moved his horse along side Katie's horse. The ride through the desert would be like riding through hell it's self......where the temperature would reach 120 degrees fahrenheit.....if not higher.
 
Katie took the money tentatively from JP, her gaze shifting between it and him. She watched him mount up and move towards her.

"First off... What makes you think I killed... What did you say his name was again?" She tried to put her most innocent looking expression on view. "And second off, if I did, I am not a licensed bounty hunter. I don't carry a badge and so unless it was self defense, I'm not sure how I earned this. Or in fact, why you aren't arresting me? ... If I did it of course!"

As JP started to move off, she had her horse fall into step alongside.
 
JP couldn't help but laugh.....the innocent look on her face didn't fool him one little bit. " First off Katie......you don't need a license to be a bounty hunter.....no one who is a bounty hunter has any kind or license or a badge.....all you need is a gun and know how to use it. " JP said as his horse trotted off with Katie's horse moving in a long side of his. " Second off......people saw you.....it was you and if you know the Crenshaw's then you would know one of their main men. " JP continued as he looked over at Katie....he had been a lawman for too long.....she couldn't fool him.

" Third off......I'm not a local lawman........I'm a United States Marshall......if Lopez worked for the United States then I would arrest you......you didn't kill anyone who was important....you made this country a little bit better by killing Lopez......he was wanted in 6 states for everything from robbery to murdered and rape.....I'd give you a metal.....but I don't carry any with me. " JP said as he rode on....sometimes he just didn't understand Katie.......she was very sweet and even thought she lived in the hard west at times she could be so naive. It wasn't the job of the United States Marshall's to enforce local laws.....they only enforced those laws handed down by the United States. If you murdered someone it was up to the local lawman to bring you in but since JP knew the Sheriff back in Barstow he wasn't charging Katie with murder....that's why she got the bounty on Lopez. " You did a good job back there Katie......there's no shame in admitting the truth and accepting the reward for a job well done. " JP added as he smiled at Katie then he leaned over patting her left leg as they rode on.
 
Katie couldnt help but start smiling as JP started going through his list. She usually wasn't that bad at the con job... usually with a little physical distraction of course, but perhaps JP wasn't quite as easily conned as most men. That was something she needed to remember if this man was going to make a regular appearance in her life. She also needed to make sure that she never committed a federal crime. Katie really didn't want to be on the opposite side of anything to JP.

"Im pretty sure nobody actually saw me... do whatever it was that ended that man's existence. There seemed to be some other distraction out on the street at the time." She hesistated for a moment and then tucked the money away in her saddlebag.

"I don't know what Charlie's told you... if anything... but yeah... I knew Lopez... he was with Jack and Jimmy the day they.... changed my life. And....erm... I literally still carry the scars..." She forced a smile and took a deep breath. "He was a son of a bitch and Im glad he's dead. One down... three to go. Oh and yes Marshall, I have full canteens. I have been here a few times before."
 
Charlie really didn't tell JP anything about Katie's past....JP pretty much only knew what Katie had told him herself. But JP knew that Charlie was a good judge of character and if he liked & trusted someone then no matter what that person did with their lives JP would do the same as Charlie did. JP was sure that whatever the Crenshaw's did too Katie wasn't pleasant and that pushed her into becoming a woman with a price on her head...but it was Katie's good fortune that she met JP when she did since he could help clear her name after all of this was over.

They rode on into the burning desert with the sun slowly rising in the sky. It would get hotter as the day grew longer...but since they both had plenty of water the trip wouldn't be too bad. There were a few places where they could stop for a break and take shade from the sun under rocky cliffs. During one of these stops JP told Katie about what happened in the streets of Barstow. " The reason why so many people were in the streets was that a bounty hunter named Duke Slade was looking too collect that reward on your head. " JP said as he took a drink from his canteen. " Since I promised that you could come with me I couldn't let him take you....so we faced each other in the street.......and he lost. " JP added without any emotion in his voice then he put the cap back onto his canteen.....Slade wasn't the only man foolish enough to try and match JP with a gun and he wouldn't be last. It was well known around the west that JP was fast with his gun.....some even said he was the fastest man alive.
 
Katie took the neckerchief, poured a little cool water over it and wiped her face before tying it back around her neck. She was a little taken aback by the story of yesterday morning's events in Barstow. For a moment, she looked a little puzzled. She said nothing though until they were remounting ready to head back out.

"Why would you have done that JP? I mean, I get that you don't really care about non federal crimes, but why would you get in the way of a bounty hunter. I'm guessing he was doing his job lawfully, so... Why take him out. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful. But I don't understand.
 
It had been a while since JP told Katie about what happened back in the streets of Barstow. She was very quiet after hearing the story that JP told her...but she had questions and soon after getting back on the trail too Victorville she finally asked JP why he did what he did. " Katie....I don't know the full story of what the Crenshaw's did to you.....but I know it couldn't have pleasant. " JP spoke calm and understanding tone in his voice. " They pushed you into the life you have now.....forced you to live a life that wasn't of your choice. " JP said as he stopped his horse then looked over at Katie. " I had to kill Slade......he wouldn't take no for an answer.....he would have killed you.....I couldn't let that happen. " JP started his horse moving again but kept looking at Katie.

" Charlie trusts you.....and I don't care if you're an outlaw or not.....if Charlie trusts you then that's enough for me........I'm giving you a second chance at life Katie......it's not something that happens often.....but I like you Katie.......after this is over I'll see to it that you get a pardon for your crimes......that you can start your life over again. " JP added as he looked ahead......he wasn't making a boast......many people owned JP favors.......and some of them were in powerful positions in the US government.....including President Grover Cleveland. What JP hadn't told Katie yet......but he already sent a telegraph to Washington. It was addressed to President Cleveland.....JP was using one of his big favors knowing that the President wouldn't turn down his request for a pardon so that Katie could start over again.
 
"JP. I don't even know... I've never really thought about what happens after.... I'm not even sure I ever thought there would be an after. Jack and Jimmy and Victor... And a man called Berk... They need to be dead. Just like Lopez needed to be dead. The law should have hanged them all two years ago, but the law didn't care. It didn't care what they did to me. What they did to my husband. The Marshall in Victorville was in Crenshaw's stooge. Jack made it clear when he r... raped me that no-one would care." she smiled ruefully to herself. "It's kind of ironic dont you think. Everyone sees me as an outlaw... Someone acting outside of the law. And yet all Ive done pretty much is what the law should have done."

She let her horse walk along side JP's, sometimes looking over at him, sometimes staring into the distance.

" It took me a while and if it hadn't been for Charlie I would never... But then I started to find that I wasn't the only person who had been screwed... Literally and figuratively. Actually I think Charlie kept sending them to me. I think maybe it just to show me that other people were surviving." She hesitated for a moment and took a breath.

"Anyway... I'm not sure I know what starting again means at the moment... Starting what? I thank you for what you did in Barstow. I'm still not sure I understand why you would do that but I thank you for it. I thank you for letting me come along with you. And I thank you for the pardon.... But I'm not sure how useful that will be just yet. My only future is seeing that the Crenshaw's get their share of justice."
 
Like Walter Smith......many people headed west looking for a new start in life....the O'Shea family who came from Ireland was among those. Patrick O'Shea.....his wife Maggie along with his oldest daughter Lilly.....son Patrick Jr......and youngest daughter Molly. After taking out a loan at the local bank Patrick & his family settled on some land just north east of Victorville. Patrick was a farmer by trade and quickly set too farming his new land. Walter & Patrick became good friends and it was Patrick who found Walter's body then took it back to town. Shortly after his friends death Patrick hit a string of bad luck.....his crops died and he couldn't meet the loan payment on his land.

Victor had bought out the bank months before Patrick's luck went bad and as it turned out Victor now owned the loan that Patrick had too pay. Finally in late 1883 Victor came to Patrick with a deal.....he could stay on his land and keep farming then maybe his luck would turn around again....and all Patrick would have to do was have Lilly work off his debt at the whorehouse run by the Crenshaw's. At first Patrick refused this offer.....he didn't want his oldest daughter working as a whore....but Patrick couldn't even feed his family and with a heavy heart he finally agreed to Victor's deal. Lilly then went too work at the whorehouse in early 1884.....she was only doing this to help her family.....but Lilly didn't know that Jack & Jimmy killed her family only a few months into her working there.

Jack & Jimmy beat Patrick & his son then after tying them all up in one of the bedrooms of their home....they set fire too the house letting it burn with them still alive inside. Patrick.....his wife .....his son and youngest daughter all died in the fire and they never let Lilly see her family...telling her that it was against the rules of the deal. So she continued working at the whorehouse into the year 1885 and would be there when JP & Katie came too town.

Just a few miles from Victorville JP & Katie came upon the burned up home that O'Shea family once lived in. It was obvious that this place had burned some time ago......JP dismounted his horse for a look around. He didn't speak as he walked into what once was a house.....JP moved around the first floor area until he saw something which was sticking out from under some burnt boards. It looked like a black human hand then JP bent down pulling some of the chard wood until he found a body. " Looks like more of the Crenshaw's handy work. " JP said softly too Katie then he continued to pull out more boards until all four bodies were uncovered. Before leaving for town JP & Katie buried the bodies of these poor souls....then after remounting their horses they saw a board with the last name O'Shea hanging from a post near the road which ran out front of the house.

The sun was just starting to go down when JP & Katie rode into Victorville slowly looking around. There was a hotel right acrossed the street from the whorehouse that the Crenshaw's owned.....this is where JP planed on staying while in town. " We'll stay here until our business with the Crenshaw's is over Katie. " JP said as he dismounted his horse then he pulled his saddlebags from the horse and grabbed his rife & shotgun.
 
As the two of them rode into the small clearing and took in the vision in front of them, the small talk in which they had been engaging for the last few miles stopped. Katie hesitated for a moment while JP dismounted, her mind immediately back to another clearing probably only a few miles away, wondering whether it looked like this one did. JP's mentioning of the Crenshaw's broke the spell and she took and breath and dismounted.

Katie looked down at each of the bodies. In the silence that had settled over them both again, she wondered whether Martin was still within the remains of what had been their home. Had someone come along and found him. Buried him. She shook her head a little. Martin wasn't there. He had left that clearing days before Katie had attempted to burn it and the events that had taken place there from the face of the earth.

She helped JP as much as she could in burying the bodies. It might have been a while, but she had never been afraid of hard work and she had done her share of digging fence post holes when they were first settling in. But everything was done in silence. Even as they left, they said nothing until the remains of the homestead was far behind them.

Katie simply nodded to JP as he suggested that they bed down in the hotel, but her attention was very much on the saloon opposite. Victor and Jack and Jimmy were probably only a few hundred feet away from her. She climbed down and followed JP's lead, hesitating for a moment before she followed him into the hotel lobby
 
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