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The three stooges made their way over now. “We were just telling Tegan about The Twelve getting married. Miss Juliette, you signed up?” Martha asked.
“You might want to before an out-of-towner snatches another one of our men,” Geraldine warned. “You know what I mean?”
Bitch didn’t justdrawl.
“I think she knows what you mean,” Tegan said. “You gotta watch those, they’ll swoop in and fell a man in a single night. Kinda like the way I fell aheiferwhen roping.” She pretended to throw her rope. “Shooop, down in two point five seconds. They don’t know what hit ‘em till I’m wrapping them up real tight between my thighs.”
Tegan watched all that fake sugar melt off her face, revealing a hateful sneer. “That might work in Texas, but out here in the swamps, it won’t,” Geraldine said. “Nobody looks nicely on marrying outside their own.”
“Is that a fact?” Juliette wondered now. “Cause my brother married a Northerner. You might know her? Your Belle Eveque?”
“Oh, we know her,” Geraldine said. “Don’t mean we gotta like or accept it. Which we surely do not. Nor do we like those whobetraytheir own.”
“Oh, I see what’s going on here,” Juliette muttered, her tone sweet. “You’re picking yourself a fight with this lil Texas lady. But I wouldn’t do that if I was you.”
“Nobody here gives adamnabout Texas,” Geraldine assured.
Juliette gave a single chuckle. “You might wanna tell that to Patches.”
“Don’t think just because you’re a spoiled Bishop that you’re above our ways. You ain’t,” Geraldine assured, her voice going deeper.
Juliette gave ashit’s getting reallaugh. “Oh, I don’t thinkanythinglike that, Geraldine.”
Martha joined with, “We still can’t believe you took up for her in a public bat-tie.”
Geraldine added, “Then her deranged sister hurts one of ours, and nothing is done about it”
“One ofours?That stupid bitch that hurt my brother?”
“Blood’s thicker than water in these swamps!” Geraldine snapped.
“Alright, ladies, this is going too far,” Sarah finally piped up.
“Too far?” Martha accused with challenge. “You’re the one who called us over here to help you with the Texastramptrying to get in Patches pants.”
“Ha!” Juliette said, slapping her leg.
“All I know is, she better not get inmyway,” Geraldine warned, pointing at Tegan, “I’ll Bat-tie that little bitch all the way back to Texas.”
Juliette stood up. “Well, you go right ahead. I’d love to see her beat your fat ass like Belle Eveque beat that swamp slut.”
“She thinks she’s so good, roping her dumb cows,” Martha shot out. “There ain’t no cows here, bitch, there’s gators. I’d like to see you rope one of those.”
“I’ll rope any damn thing you want me to,” Tegan said. “If that’ll shut your big mouths about me.”
“Oh, you wanna make this official, bitch?” Geraldine said, coming closer.
Tegan stood, not about to get attacked sitting down. “Damn right I do, whatever to get you off my ass.”
“Yourfatass,” Martha muttered.
“Well, Patches likes it,” Tegan drawled.
“You got yourself a deal,” Juliette said. “If she ropes and ties a gator, you’ll get off her ass.”
“Andshe’ll skin it for my boots,” Tegan added, ready to throw down on that porch.
“And if she can’t rope it, she leaves,” Geraldine said.
