Nueces Justice by Greathouse Mark

Author:Greathouse, Mark
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Defiance Press
Published: 2019-04-10T16:00:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

Crime Spree on the Strip

Scarlett luxuriated at awakening in a genuine four-poster bed with fluffy feather pillows, satin sheets, cushioned mattress and, of course, Cav. This was a huge improvement over Laredo. There were even sweet-smelling flowers and perfumes on the chest of drawers. The aromas of lavender and lilac filled the air. It was a living heaven for a woman whose dreams of a better life were dashed by her own attraction to ne’er-do-wells who stole her dreams. Wanted man or not, Cav fulfilled her visualization of a man.

The memories of the evening lingered with her. She’d bathed Cav, an experience of erotic sexuality he’d not soon forget. They’d had sex for all of ten minutes before Cav finished and promptly fell asleep. That was all. She hoped against hope for more in the morning. She wouldn’t permit herself to think he was like those who’d gone before.

As the sun streamed in through the sheer curtains, Cav rolled on his side toward her and smiled. “Are you ready to see Corpus Christi?” There was no tenderness in this man that Scarlett had fallen in lust with. He’d done his duty the night before. In his eyes, she was still the whore from Laredo.

Undeterred, Scarlett stroked his chest. “Must we go?” She pursed her lips and kissed his hand, then his chest. It seemed almost as though her touch repulsed him. She wasn’t ready to resign herself to the fate of simply being his whore. It might take some time.

Cav pushed her away. “It’s late, and there’s much to do.” They dressed. Cav didn’t even look her way as she momentarily stood fully naked before him. At last, he strapped on his holster and checked that his pistol was loaded.

“Why don’t I meet you downstairs?” And, without waiting for her answer, he hustled out the door with nary another word.

Scarlett finished her hair and applied what little make-up she needed or had. She loved his attention last night, so far as it went. She gave a fleeting thought to how that Texas Ranger was treating the young girl he’d spoken of. She quickly put the thought from her mind. Scarlett wasn’t his type of woman.

It got her to wondering what type of woman she really was. She needn’t have wondered long, as her life had been crammed into a couple of all-too-short years. She thought back at how she’d run off with that soldier, the miscarriage, the riverboat gambler, and her eventual arrival in Laredo. She’d found herself a prostitute at the tender age of fifteen. With her long, fiery red hair, blue eyes, and a certain fragile facial beauty, she had been popular with drovers and soldiers from both sides of the Rio Grande. She’d been luckier than most in not getting pregnant or killed. She was only beaten a couple of times and nearly went to jail for shooting one of her customers who had insisted on whipping her. Now she found herself pursuing a man who turned out to have a price on his head.

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