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which incredibly was still warm.
     
    Nat finished off the fantastic meal and
asked the young woman to send her bill to the front desk. Nat left
several silver pieces on the table for the young lady and then
walked over to the general store to purchase a pair of dungarees
and a soft cotton shirt.
     
    When Nat and Gyp returned to the room
steam was coming off the tub, and Nat was anxious to strip down and
soak in its luxury. Nat had just pulled off her top when the door
opened up and the same young woman from the dining room was
standing in her doorway with a pot of hot water.
     
    The woman blushed again and quickly
stepped inside and closed the door. “I am sorry, I didn’t realize
you were in here,” the woman said as she turned away from Nat who
was totally naked, except for the bear claw around her
neck.
     
    “ That’s alright,” Nat said
as she walked toward the tub. “I couldn’t wait to get a bath,” she
added as she watched the woman pour the steamy water into the
tub.
     
    “ Since you are here,” Nat
said, “could I convince you to wash my back?” she asked.
     
    The woman turned to find Nat standing
naked beside her and stammered out her reply, “Yes, I could do
that.” Marissa had never seen another woman naked and she felt a
strange stirring deep inside as she gazed at Nat’s long sensuous
body that had been so cleverly disguised by the buckskins she had
worn.
     
    Nat stepped into the tub, moaning
loudly once again and soaked a washcloth in the tepid water handing
it to the young woman. “My name is Nat,” she said.
     
    “ My name is Marissa,” the
young embarrassed woman replied as she began lathering the cloth
with a bar of soap.
     
    Nat lowered her body under the water
and emerged with her black hair plastered to her neck. Marissa
stepped forward cautiously and bent down to place the soapy cloth
against Nat’s skin. Marissa caressed the tight muscles of Nat’s
back and shoulders with the soapy cloth as Nat watched her in the
mirror.
     
    “ That feels fantastic,” Nat
said as she bent forward allowing Marissa access to her entire
back.
     
    “ How long will you be
staying in town?” Marissa asked.
     
    “ I hope to rent out the old
Johnson place for the winter,” Nat responded.
     
    “ Well then, we shall be
neighbors if you do,” Marissa said. “I live in the small farmhouse
just down the road,” she said.
     
    “ I am sure we will be seeing
each other again then,” Nat said as she took the cloth from
Marissa. “Thanks for washing my back,” she added with a
grin.
     
    “ You’re welcome,” Marissa
said. “I hope to see you again soon,” she added as she slipped
quietly out the door.
     
    “ You can count on it,” Nat
said to a closed door and then sank deeper into the water to
soak.
     
    Nat washed her hair and body then
soaked until the water turned cool. She slipped on a new night
shirt and slid between cool clean sheets for the first time in
almost a year. Gyp slept on a rug next to the bed and neither of
them moved until the sun came up.
     
    Nat and Gyp went downstairs to the
dining room where they were met by Marissa.
     
    “ Good morning,” she said
while smiling sweetly. “What can I get you this morning she
asked?”
     
    “ How about some bacon and
flap jacks,” Nat requested.
     
    “ Would you like honey, or
maple syrup?” Marissa asked.
     
    “ Maple syrup and lots of
butter,” Nat said with a grin.
     
    “ Coffee,” Marissa
asked?
     
    “ Lots of it,” Nat said,
“with sweet cream if you have it,” she added.
     
    “ We even have sugar cubes
here,” Marissa teased.
     
    Marissa disappeared into the kitchen
and returned a few minutes later carrying two large plates, one
with bacon and flapjacks and another with cut up bits of egg,
flapjacks and sausage. “I thought your pal might be hungry too,”
Marissa said setting the plate down in front of Gyp.
     
    “ Careful, you’re going to
spoil us,” Nat said with a grin.
     
    “ You