Heart o' Tarnished Gold
5. The Gravedigger
The pre-dawn starlight found the corpse covered in flowers. They covered his lap, sat in his hair, and filled his hands so that the entire man was brimming with color. Sarah Jo sniffed and placed the last of the flowers over his hands. It had taken her the entire night to gather them, but she had succeeded in her duty.
“¡Oye, chica!” Don Santo called as he came into the pre-dawn light. “What are you doing?”
Sarah Jo stiffened. She squared her shoulders and stood straight, and she turned sharply toward him and looked him dead in the eye.
“What you’ve done is evil, Don Santo,” she called back, as loud and clear as a bell’s peal. “You’re gonna pay for it, and I’m gonna be there to make sure that everybody knows just how many crimes you’re paying for.”
Don Santo grinned. He took a pistol out of his belt and aimed. The girl
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