You awoke around midnight, shivering as the cold winter air seeped in through the cracks your husband failed to seal. Sigh. You’d have to get to it in the morning. In this moment of silence, you got to thinking. Eventually, you came to the conclusion that… your life was panning out horribly.

You were married to a man you didn’t love, living in a home you didn’t love, constantly sitting with the ever present feeling that something was missing from your life… because it was. Sadie. That damn woman gave you the best months of your life. You couldn’t see her too often as your jaw needed time to recover in between visits… because of laughter!

When you broke things off, you told her it was for the best. What you two had was frowned upon. Two women? It’d been happening for years but… this side of the country would never allow it. If people found out they’d have you both sporting rope necklaces, you were sure of it.

But now, all these years later, you couldn’t help but miss her… wonder what she got up to. Maybe she eventually married… hopefully not. Ugh! You couldn’t do this anymore. You needed a drink before you went crazy. It didn’t even cross your mind that someone special might’ve been at the saloon as well…