For the Love of Suzanne by Hudecek-Ashwill Kristi

Author:Hudecek-Ashwill, Kristi [Hudecek-Ashwill, Kristi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: OnlineBookClub.org
Published: 2015-10-26T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

Suzanne came out of the cave into the cool morning and spotted Cody in the distance, digging with a small shovel with Lame Bird’s body nearby. She was still upset over the shootings. She’d never seen anyone die like that before except in the movies. It was far more gruesome than Hollywood could ever produce with blood stains and brain matter on the walls around the door. She gingerly stepped over it on her way to talk to Cody.

“Why did you do that?” she asked shakily.

He’d heard her coming and looked at her for a moment as he dug. “Do what?” he asked as sweat poured down his face. He’d taken off his shirt and stood wearing only jeans and a pair of boots as he labored.

“Why didn’t you trade me?” she demanded, her voice still trembling. “Somebody died because of me.”

He didn’t stop his work. “Nobody died because of you,” he muttered quietly.

“How can you say that?” she asked with disbelief. “That guy wanted to trade me for her. Why didn’t you do it? Why did you even save me at all? Your troubles were over when you left me at the fort and yet you brought this burden back on yourself. If you had traded me, she would still be alive,” she said quietly, gesturing to Lame Bird with her hand. “Your life would still be in order.”

“This is my fault,” he admitted glumly. “People are dying because of the decisions I’ve made and I can’t help that now. I feel bad about it, but the decision was right. I don’t want to talk anymore,” he muttered. “Please let me do this.”

She knew better than to push any man. She sat down on a nearby rock, which was close enough for her to see Red Dog’s body being swarmed by flies and other insects, making her stomach roil.

Cody had promised he would get her back to where he had found her, but she knew promises were just lies waiting to be told. He’d verified that knowledge when he’d told her they were headed north instead of east. They were going the wrong way. He should have made the trade and none of this would have happened.

Check that. If he’d left her where he’d found her, none of this would have happened. He’d brought this on himself and the true part of it all, she didn’t blame him. Not really. He’d been trying to help her and she’d be dead right now if he hadn’t done what he’d done. She knew to be anything other than grateful wasn’t right and quickly shifted her thoughts to something else.

She felt bad, watching him pant a little as he dug the deep hole. The woman had obviously been his friend and now he was burying her. A wave of sadness passed over her. She wanted to ease his pain.

She went back to the cave and got a canteen that was full of water and took it to him, finding him still digging in the pit that was getting pretty deep now.

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