Busted Gulch vol 6

The Revolving Door (Ruechari)

The Revolving Door

I heard his body hit the floor.

Then Billy sprinted for the door.

I kept my eyes shut up tight

Not wanting to think of last night. 

My head had begun to ache

So sleeping I thought best to fake.

He hadn't said a single word.

But his panic could be felt. Absurd? 

Once I was certain he was gone

I thought of all

that had went wrong

I seemed to be on a roll

I sat up and took toll

I still hadn't cleared CG

Shamus had lied to me

Our marriage just a forgery

I didn't want to think about

Buck, the kiss

Or my motives for any of this. 

I'm just better off alone.

I just should have known. 

Some people are made for love

Kindness, affection, all the above.

That's just has never been me

Abandoned since a baby. 

Grown up in a foster home

Passed around, as I'd grown

Until the day I ran away

And ended up at Lady Grey's.

She taught me everything I know

And I helped her business grow

Taking her clients to my bed

Men are so easily led

I began using my feminine wiles

To steal their secrets with my smiles

My information came at a price

At which I had to pay for twice

Finally I made a name

So I could get out of the game

Info on Shamus would have been nice

His capture would have set me up for life

But then I became his wife

I didn't want to care

I refused, I wouldn't dare

But the idea I could belong

To someone, somewhere...

I should have known...

I was wrong. 

I swung my feet out of bed

The room spun...my aching head

I stumbled a bit across the floor

But made it somehow to my door. 

Someone had been pounding

The sound of it resounding

Vibrating my brain

Driving me insane. 

I swung it open.

"What the Hell?!"

"No, not him.."

The world spun,

went black

And I fell.