Meadowlark by Carolyn Lampman

Author:Carolyn Lampman [Lampman, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fiction
Publisher: Red Canyon Press
Published: 2018-11-26T06:00:00+00:00

Swede’s blacksmith shop was usually open for business by seven o’clock, but not that day. It was nearly noon before he arrived to fire up the forge. Even then, more than one customer thought he seemed a little distracted.

Becky and Alaina were late getting to The Green Garter, too. Molly met them at the door. “Oh, Becky, I’ve been waiting for you all morning.”

“You have?” Becky raised her eyebrows in surprise. Molly had never sought her out before.

“Ox brought Angel a kitten from Rock Springs. Can I take Alaina and show her?”

Becky glanced toward Angel who nodded imperceptibly. “I suppose...”

“Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of her.” Molly smiled as she settled the baby in the crook of her arm. “We’ll get along just fine, won’t we, sweetheart? Just wait till you see that kitten. She’s the cutest little ball of fur.”

“Molly’s a wonder with babies,” Angel commented as Molly and Alaina disappeared out the door. “She really ought to have a passel of her own.” She crossed her arms and viewed Becky critically. “Well, well, I see you finally broke down Swede’s resistance.”

Becky turned scarlet. “H...how did you know?”

“Whisker burn.”

“What?”

“That rash all over your face. Besides, you haven’t stopped grinning since you walked through that door. You have the look of a woman who has spent the last few hours in bed with a lusty man.”

“Oh, Angel, it was so...”

“Spare me your raptures,” Angel said caustically. “That sort of thing always loses something in the telling.”

“I suppose so,” Becky said with a smile. Then she sighed. “One thing still bothers me, though.”

“Only one? I’ve never met a man yet that didn’t have at least a dozen quirks that drove me crazy.”

“This is different. I still don’t know why he wouldn’t make love to me.”

“So? The important thing is that he finally did. Generally, once isn’t enough to satisfy a man. They almost always come back for more.”

“He already did,” Becky smiled softly. “Several times.”

Angel rolled her eyes. “Then what are you complaining about?”

“I’m not complaining; I’m worried.”

“What the hell for?”

“Maybe I’m imagining it, but he seemed almost frantic.”

Angel nodded wisely. “All that teasing you did.”

“No, it isn’t that. When I asked why he avoided me for so long, he wouldn’t answer. The look on his face was, I don’t know, kind of desperate. Then he said something about not wasting any of the time we had.” Becky gave Angel a bleak look. “I’m afraid he’s planning to leave me.”

“That’s ridiculous. He’d have no reason to.”

“I know, but I can’t get it out of my mind.”

Becky was silent for several minutes as she plied her needle through the seam she was sewing. “Angel,” she said at last, “How well do you know my husband?”

“I’ve never slept with him, if that’s what you mean. It wouldn’t matter if I had. What happens upstairs here has nothing to do with anybody’s marriage.”

Becky blushed furiously. “That’s not what I meant!”

“Then what exactly are you asking me?”

I just wondered if he ever told you anything about his life before he came here.

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