Bad Man's Woman
Bad Man’s Woman A short story by Austin Mitchell My friend, Elroy Reid was relating to me what had happened between him and his longtime girlfind, Carline Weston. They had been friends from high school. They lived just a kilometer apart in Keswick. It all started when Carline decided to go to a commercial school on Kingston. “I told her to take the morning bus and come back with it in the evenings.” “So what did she say?” I asked. “Said, that she wouldn’t get any time to study.” “Maybe she’s right. She would have to get up too early in the mornigs and come home too late at nights. We were sheltering under a shop plaza as it was raining cats and dogs. I was getting the feeling that maybe Elroy didn’t want Carlineb to go and live in Kingston. Maybe he feared that she would find some other guy down there. Anyway above strong objections from Elroy, Carline went to live with her aunt in Kingston. Elroy swore that he wouldn’t have anything to do with her but changed his mind when