Desire in Deadwood

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Author: Molly Ann Wishlade
rapidly—“he was my husband.”
    “Why?”
    “Why what?”
    “Why do you miss him?”
    “He was a good man…and I loved him.” She pressed her lips together.
    He leant back and folded his arms across his chest.
    “No you didn’t, Evelyn. You loved me. So why did you marry him?”
    She glanced wildly from him to the staircase and she sighed with relief when she saw Aaron appear at the top.
    “It was for money wasn’t it?” Nate demanded.
    “No, it was more complicated than that.” She looked at him, shaking her head.
    “Why? What complications were there? I’d asked your Daddy for your hand in marriage and he told me that I had his blessing long as I could support you. And that”—he jabbed the table with his forefinger—“was what I intended to do.”
    “I had no choice. You don’t know what it was like.”
    “Well what I do know is that you must have let the old goat you married into your tight little cunny pretty quickly after I left!” he spat.
    “Nate! She covered her mouth.
    “Your boy must’ve been conceived soon as I’d disappeared over the horizon. Did you watch me go then pull him out the chicken coop and laugh at my stupidity? You’re no better than a painted cat, Evelyn, and I can’t believe what a fool I was to be pulled into your little Miss Innocent act!” He glared at her with the anger of a man who has lost everything and sees no redemption within his reach.
    Evelyn gripped the edge of the table to stop herself from swooning, and she trembled from head to toe in the face of his fury. The fine line between love and hate had been crossed and Nate looked unlikely to resume his former stance.
    “So our business agreement is off, Mr Hamilton?”
    “Oh no, Mrs Campbell.” He got to his feet and pushed the chair under the table. The scraping of its feet against the floor grated across Evelyn’s nerves like a cat growling in the dark of night.
    “Then what?” She looked into the endless black of his eyes.
    “You are no better than a soiled dove so I will treat you like one. I will see you tomorrow, and the next day and the next…until I tire of you.” He cocked his head on one side. “Unless you don’t need the money?”
    She looked down at her plate where the fatty gravy had started to congeal unappetisingly. She needed the money and he knew it. She’d told him so when he’d come to the hotel not long after her arrival. He’d sneered at the time, pleased to see her brought so low. She could see now that he thought she’d married for money then fallen on hard times after the passing of her husband.
    If only he knew the truth. But he’d never understand and he’d never forgive her. Especially if he found out the truth about Aaron.
    “I need the money, Mr Hamilton. You know I do.”
    “Well this time it will be me who tires of you! I will take what I want from you and not give a damn about your feelings. Then when I want no more of you, you’ll see no more of me. I’ll not be fooled again, I guarantee it! Until tomorrow,” he whispered. Then he put his hat on and said loudly, “Good evening to you, Mrs Campbell.”
    As he turned to walk away, he touched the brim of his hat at Aaron. “Good to meet you, young man! Hope I see more of you soon.”
    Aaron smiled at him then took his seat at the table and resumed his meal with the hunger of a growing boy.
    Evelyn stroked his cheek then rested her forehead upon her hand. It was covered with a fine sheen of perspiration. Her temples were taut with pain and she knew that one of her headaches would soon claim her, rendering her as helpless as a wounded calf.
    “Are you okay, Mama?”
    “Yes dear, I’m fine.”
    “You look all clammy. Do you have a fever?” His eyes were wide with concern.
    “No, Aaron, I am well. It’s just very warm in here.”
    “Mr Hamilton seems like a nice man.” He’d made it sound like a statement but she recognised it for the question that it was. Though only ten, her son was sensitive and
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