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"Does she know how you feel?"
"Not exactly, but there is a part of her, that thinks she's not worthy of a relationship. Something I'll have to work on with her. Because I think she's really worth the effort." He smiled at his dad.
"Me too son. Alright, get back out there and finish your work." He told him.
Chapter Eight
Everything was going great until one day he went into the barn and Leah was crouched down on the floor of the barn, crying.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Jeremiah bent to console her.
But just then a guy jumped out from the darkened stall with a gun in his hand.
"Who the hell is this?" the guy asked her.
"He lives here…" Leah said her voice shaking.
"Well, you work for him?" The guy asked.
"No, his father." Leah said.
Jeremiah gathered Leah to him.
"Now ain't that somethin'. You sweet on her boy?" the guy asked.
"What do you want. And why the gun?" Jeremiah took on a tougher persona now and Leah was a bit shocked.
"I'm her boyfriend, buddy. And I got a gun because I broke jail." He told them. "I came to get her."
"This is the guy you…"
"Yeah." Leah looked devastated.
The guy had to be close to twenty-five or twenty-six. He was rough and it looked as though he knew how to handle the gun. Jeremiah's mind worked at amazing speed.
"Well, I hate to break this little two-some up, but she's coming with me." The guy announced.
"N-no, I’m not coming with you. I won't." She hollered.
"Look bitch, you'll come with me or I'll kill him where he stands."
"What do you want her for?" Jeremiah asked out of the blue.
"Don't you know her folks got money. She held out on me. I didn't know she came from rich stock like she does. I'm gonna hold her ransom. She held that little detail out on me. I didn't even make her pay for her room. Nor did I get anything from her in return. I guess she was pretty smart. Well, when I saw the paper, I figured out who she really was. You've been lying to me all along, haven't you kid?"
Leah frowned, "They won't pay it. I can tell you that now" She announced.
"What you mean, you're their kid aren't you?"
"Not anymore, I'm not. Why do you think I came to stay with you in the first place? They threw me out. I thought you were smart enough to figure that out." Leah spouted.
"Look, take me. Leave her alone." Jeremiah offered.
"You, what the hell would I do with you. I’m not gay. And she owes me. You see…I never collected what she owes me, and I'm here to tell you, it's time now. I let you live there, gave you a fine room. For what? You didn't put out a thing. Well, now you will. And if Momma and Daddy don't come up with the money, I'll just do you and then in for good."
"Why, why are you doing this Leroy? I never hurt you."
"Cause while I was in jail, some of the goons in there told me how stupid I'd been. Hadn't got anything out of you at all. Made fun of me. Well, I showed them. I got lose and now I'll have you, and your folk's money too." He laughed.
