HeavenHeaven
"I don't care what you say, Ma'am, he's guilty as the day is long."
"Well then, deputy, he must not be guilty at all because it's the middle of winter and the days definitely are not long." Lou strode over to the cell as regally as a queen, tapped on the bars with her finger and demanded he be released.
"Ma'am, I can't do that." The deputy protested.
"You most certainly can and will. You don't have a shred of evidence this man did anything illegal. He was simply trying to help a fellow human being in need. He was in the right place at the wrong time I'd say."
"But ma'am, he wears two guns, that's the sign of a dangerous man."
"He also has long hair - does that automatically make him a woman?" Lou sweetly inquired.
"Well no, ma'am, but…"
"My point exactly. You can release him now."
"I don't know if'n I can." The dim-witted deputy scratched his head in confusion.
"Don't be silly. Of course you can. Now hurry it along. I'm a busy woman. Places to go, people to see. Snap, snap." Lou was really getting into her part now and enjoying it way too much.
Jimmy thought she had finally found her calling - an overbearing woman-of-the-world using her position and power to get what she wanted. Little did the deputy know her "position" was that of a lowly Pony Express rider and the only "power" she really possessed was that of persuasion - to get her way. That and the power behind her gun. And the power to make Jimmy fall in love with her. Alright, so she had quite a lot of power.
In fact, that power of hers seemed to be working a great deal over the deputy because he was unlocking the cell door.
"Your cooperation is greatly appreciated, deputy, and won't go unnoticed. Come along, James, we have places to go, people to see."
Jimmy hastened out of the cell, slipping easily into his role as Lou's lapdog.
The deputy actually tipped his hat to her as they exited the jailhouse.
Jimmy couldn't help but ask, "Where'd you learn to speak like that?"
"I read it in one of my books. Now stop talkin' and let's get the hell out of Hades before the sheriff comes back.
"Hades. What an appropriate name for this town."
"Yeah. Remind me to tell Teaspoon the next time he has an off-the-route mail run to send us to "Heaven".
Unbeknownst to Lou, Jimmy was always
in "heaven" as long as he had her by his side.