She hung her head high as she walked into the general store in town. They’re refused to serve her twice, forcing them to travel to the next nearest town. This time she’d said they’d serve her or there’d be hell to pay. He and Shaun walked into the feed store, loading up on supplies. The smell of snow was in the air. Winter was on its way and that would mean fewer visits to town and taking whatever Mother Nature sent their way. “How do you men do it?” Jon looked up, at first not sure if the clerk was talking to him. “Do what?” he asked. “Share a woman?” “Nothing to it. Didn’t your parents ever teach you about sharing?” “Sure they did, but not a woman. You both have her at the same time or you one night, Shaun the other?” Jon smiled. He guessed they’d piqued folk’s curiosity. That’s what this blacklisting by the women in Grantsville was all about. It wasn’t a morality thing, but they were scared it would catch on with the men folk. Who knows, even their man might think of taking another woman to their bed.
