After Hamunaptra

Chapter 2: A Fresh Start

It was another rainy day, and Evelyn sat in the large parlor of her fathers house, her house as it now was, reading some of her old journal entries from after the death of her parents. Marie had the day off, so she was in the vast manor home by herself.

3/13/1918

The funeral was today, and Jonathan was so strong for me. So many of the people who attended the service for my Mummy and Father were strangers to us. They offered kind words, but how do you take all of that when your life seems to be shattering. I am afraid. Jonathan keeps telling me I have listened to too many of fathers stories on Curses, but I believe it was the curse of Osiris that killed my parents. They were found in their hotel room laying together in sleep, a sleep of death, and the doctors say it was natural causes, but I don�t know. He wants us to go back to Cairo, says he knows people who he can sell some of the treasures to. I think he wants to go back and start gambling again. Maybe I can get a job at the museum. Mummy taught me to Catalog books.

After reading that, her last entry in her journal, Evelyn closed the book and let the tears fall. Now that she was older, 22 to be exact, she knew that the curse of Osiris had killed her parents. They had gotten into something almost as powerful as the curse of Hamunaptra and Imhotep, and had died for it. Often times, as she sat in the quiet of her home, she wondered what would have happened if Jonathan and Rick would not have reached her in time. She shivered and shook her head.

�Best not open that can of worms,� she muttered, and as she started up the stairs to go take a nap, the phone wrang. Quickly she went to the table where it sat and picked it up.

�This is Evelyn Carnahan,� she said.

�Miss. Carnahan. My name is Mr. Havez, and I am the Curator at the British Museum. I was just looking over your resume, and we do have need of a librarian here, would you be interested in filling that position?� he asked. Her heart pounded fast and she suddenly felt alive.

�Yes I would like that very much,� she said trying to sound professional.

�You can start in the morning,� he said. Then after telling her when to get there and where his office was he hung up the phone. On her end Evelyn hung up as well and spun around, then went upstairs to see if she needed to add to her wardrobe, and decided to do that at any rate. She needed to get out, and rainy day or not she was going to do just that.

Once in town, Evelyn went to her favorite shop and found some dresses to try on, ones that would be right for her work at the museum. She selected five new dresses, and a few hats to go with them, and as she was about to leave the store a young man stepped to the door and opened it for her. She looked at him and smiled. He was a bit taller than her with dark brown hair, and soft gray eyes.

�Thank you,� she said as she stepped through the door.

�You are most welcome,� he said, then looked like he was thinking about something.

�My name is William,� he said.

�And my name is Evelyn,� she replied.

�I don�t mean to sound forward, but I was actually on my way to a cafe for lunch, and wondered if you might like to join me,� he said. For a moment Evelyn thought about O�Connell, then when she realized she was feeling guilty for talking too this man, she made her decision.

�I would like that,� she said, and walked with him down the few blocks to a small Deli style restaurant.

Since Evelyn had left, Rick had spent the vast majority of his time at the Fort trying to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. He had finally come to the conclusion that he wanted to go back to the United States and find his parents. He had left home after a fight with his father nearly 7 years before, and had not thought of them much until now. He also had a little sister who would be fourteen now, and he wanted to see Elizabeth again. His ship would leave in the morning, and Jonathan had agreed to take him to port. The one good thing was Jonathan. Despite how things had gone with Evelyn, Rick had found a good friend in her brother. If anything Rick liked to get him completely drunk, because Jonathan did really stupid things then, and was always there for a good laugh. It was his last night at the fort, and he was alone in his room.

�One hell of a way to spend your last night in Egypt,� Rick muttered to himself. He was about to fall asleep, when someone knocked at his door. Sluggishly he got off his bed and when he opened it, a beautiful dark haired woman waited for him.

�You are Mr. O�Connell?� she asked. Rick�s mouth fell open. She was defiantly well endowed, and a sight to see.

�Yeah that�s me,� he said.

�Mr. Carnahan said this was your last night in Egypt, and I am here to give you something to remember our country by,� she said. Rick stepped aside and shut the door, and would have to find a way to repay Jonathan at a later time. When he turned around, the woman was seated on his bed, and she had taken off her tunic. Rick�s eyes nearly popped out of his head, and he moved over to the bed.

�Your very beautiful,� he said. She reached out and took his hand pulling it to her breast, placing it there. His body started to tingle, and he closed his eyes trying to remember how to breath. About the time he was ready to enjoy this, Evelyn�s image popped into his head, and then the thoughts of their last meeting, and how he had messed things up with her. He pulled his hand away and shook his head.

�Look I�m sorry about this but there is a...� The woman stood up and began to unbutton his shirt.

�Mr. Carnahan says I not take no for answer,� she replied, and once his shirt was off of him she rubbed her cheek against his well defined chest. Rick moaned and pulled her closer. He was having an inner battled. Most of him wanted this woman to give him pleasure, but there was that small piece of him that belonged to Evelyn, and also a nagging voice in his head that sounded a lot like his mother, telling him to think before he acted, and he didn�t know why that was happening. He had given himself to several woman, not fully just for pleasure sake, and yet now for some inexplicable reason he could not let this woman take him. He put his hand on her shoulders and eased her away.

�I�ll double what he is paying you just get out please,� he begged. It wasn�t going to take much more for him to succumb to her touch, and he needed her out. Thankfully she accepted his offer, and once she was paid and dressed she left. Rick fell to the bed gasping, and somehow managed to get some sleep before his trip to the United States began.

The next morning Jonathan had to pound on his door to get him up, but once he had done that, Rick was ready to go in ten minutes. Now they drove back to Cairo, and Giza Port.

�Have you heard from Evelyn?� Rick asked. Jonathan tapped the wheel.

�Yeah she phoned last night. She has a job at the British Museum as their librarian, and she is really happy there,� he said leaving out the part that she had been seeing a man for the past two weeks. Rick nodded.

�I�m glad,� he said. The rest of the trip was silent, and once his bags were loaded on the dock, Rick turned and shook Jonathan�s hand.

�Thanks for the lift,� he said. Jonathan nodded then gave him an envelope.

�This is our address in London. If by some chance you ever decide you want to talk to her, then you will find her there,� he said. Once he had done his duty, Jonathan left for home, never liking good-byes.

Four weeks had passed since William had stepped into her life, and it really wasn�t dating, as in love, just a friendship. They took walks in the park on days that were sunny, and had been out to see a few plays. William liked Theater as much as she did, and she didn�t feel pressured to do more than just talk to him. Now she was in the Museum�s vast library putting away books, and working on a better filing system. It had been a long day, and she was looking forward to seeing William again this evening. They were going to the Opera, and she hoped her dress she had sent to be cleaned would be ready. As she filed the last of the books away she hummed a tune that she had heard at the concert last night, Mozart�s Moonlight Sonata, though she knew she wasn�t giving it the justice it deserved, still it was her favorite piece. She was so in to her work that she didn�t notice another man enter her library, not until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around expecting it to be William, and her face pailed when she found Rick standing there. He had on a suit, and looked like he was getting ready to go on a trip of some sort.

�Mr. O�Connell,� she said trying to keep her cool. Her heart thudded in her chest, and seeing him brought back those strong feelings she had worked so hard to push aside.

�That�s me. I took a side trip, to come see you before I headed to the United States, to Montana where my family lives,� he said. The surprised her greatly. He had not spoken of his family, and with his words she realized that this would be the last time she saw him. Her lip started to tremble then, and she turned away.

�Well you are wasting good travel time then,� she said coldly.

�Evelyn look I don�t want the last thoughts you have of me to be bitter or sad. I came here so we could make amends, so we could be friends, even if we chose to go our separate ways,� he pleaded. He was not much for going after a girl, but when Jonathan had given him the address he couldn�t stop thinking about her. His words, his voice broke down the walls she had put up and when she turned tears streamed down her face.

�Rick I�m confused, and afraid. I just I don�t want to hate you, but I can�t see you now. I...� Her words were cut off when he pulled her into his arms and kissed her. Never in her life had she been kissed like that, not even the two kisses he had given her before compared with this kiss, and his soft warm lips against hers, as well as his arms around her waste pulling her against his strong body made her feel more alive than she ever had in her life. When he pulled away she was shaking.

�Evelyn I�m not sure about where my life is headed either, if thats what you were getting at a moment ago, but I think that as long as we love one another then we can figure things out together.

�Rick I don�t love you,� she lied. She loved him more with every passing minute but the fact remained that she had been hurt by him before, and she wasn�t sure she could handle that again. Her words stung worse than any lash of a whip he had ever felt, and he took a deep breath.

�You really don�t?� he asked. She wasn�t sure how she did it, but she looked him straight in the eye and with conviction she told him again.

�No Rick I don�t love you. I want you to leave, and I don�t want you to come back,� she said. He turned and left, and as he walked a piece of paper fell out of his pants pocket. She hurried to where it had dropped and picked it up opening it. There was an address to a hotel she knew well, and for some reason she put that in her pocket, then to stop the ache in her heart she went back to her books.

The opera was beautiful, and Evelyn let herself feel what the perfomers were conveying. She had on a long black velvet dress, and they had balcony seats a private booth at William�s insistence. When it ended, she clapped along with the rest of the audience, and dabbed at her eyes. William took notice and led her out of the Opera house to his car where his driver waited. Once inside he offered her Champaign but she declined.

�Evelyn you have been very quite this night,� he said. That much was for sure. Her mind had been on Rick the entire time, and she felt bad for that.

�I am sorry William I was just thinking about,� she said then she sighed. He reached out and took her hand in his.

�You can talk to me,� he said. She gave a weak smile.

�I was thinking about the first man I loved,� she said and waited to see if he would disapproved.

�The man you met while you were in Egypt?� he asked. She nodded.

�You miss him don�t you?� he asked gently. She knew he wasn�t angry, and didn�t understand how he could be so calm about all of this.

�I try not to but yes I do miss him.�

�Evelyn maybe you need to see him again. Until you resolve what ever it is that went wrong in that relationship, anything that we might become will never happen. You have to either decide he is what you want, or be willing to let him go for another man who might want to share his love with you,� he said. His words stunned her, and she realized now that he loved her. When she got back to her house she let herself in and called for a cab. As soon as it arrived she had it take her back into town to the Hotel where Rick was staying.

In the small hotel room, Rick lay in his bed looking at the ceiling. He had been such a fool to believe that he could change her mind. Evelyn was a woman who knew what she wanted when she wanted it, and she was just so different from what he was used to. Maybe thats what attracted him to her.

�Come on O�Connell get a life,� he said and as he sat up, someone knocked at his door. When he opened it Evelyn stood there upset. She fell into his arms sobbing and he easily picked her up turning, and pushing the door shut with his foot. He carried her over to his bed and sat down just holding her as she cried. After a few minutes her sobs subsided, and he leaned down kissing the top of her head.

�I�m sorry I don�t know why I came here,� she said and was suddenly out of his arms. He watched her move to the window to look out, surprised that she had not chosen to leave, when she had just told him that she didn�t know why she had come to see him. He felt his desire for her welling up, and he had to fight to stay calm.

�Evelyn maybe you came here because you weren�t exactly honest with me at the museum,� he stated. She remained at his window.

�I�m seeing another man Rick. His name is William, and he is a good friend. We talk about everything, but...� she stopped and turned facing him. A feeling of desire had washed over her as well. She wanted another of his kisses, and as if he knew what she wanted Rick got up and walked to her. His arms went around her and he pulled her against him. His kiss was slow and searching, and she felt her body pulled closer to him feeling his desire pressed against her belly. When his tongue slipped into her mouth she moaned and then pulled away going for the door.

�I can�t do this I just can�t,� she said and she was shaking so bad that she couldn�t get the door to open. Rick went to her and turned her to face him.

�Evelyn why can�t you do this?� he asked reaching up and placing his hand against her cheek. She closed her eyes.

�I have to love you Rick, and we should be married to kiss to feel this desire we have,� she said.

�If you don�t love me then why are you still here?� he asked. She wanted to run away from him, but something kept her there, and she found she could not turn away. Again they kissed, this time a more passionate kiss, heated. She reached her hand up and began to rub it over his chest experimentally. Her touch against him was like fire, and he moaned into her mouth. He eased away from her and removed his shirt exposing to her gaze his muscular chest, then eased her against him to let her feel what it was like to touch him without his shirt. Her cheek was pressed against his chest, and she found she liked the feeling. She had been taught by her parents and by society that what she was doing now was wrong, but right now she didn�t care. She wanted to follow what she was feeling, wanted to experience a love with this man. She felt his hands move against the back of her dress, feeling the zipper being pulled down, then his hands were against her back, and she shuttered a sigh against his chest. Her own hands replaced her cheek against his chest, and she rubbed them up and down feeling each ripple of his muscles against her hand. He had several scars, she guessed from Hamunaptra, and without thought she began to kiss each one of them. Rick closed his eyes totally in love with what she was doing to him. He wanted to ask her if this is what she really wanted, but decided to just let her do what she needed, hoping that this would help her realize that she did love him. After long moments of her kisses, he moved his hands back to her dress, and pulled it over her shoulders exposing her skin to him. The dress fell to the floor leaving her in just a bra and her panties. Her kisses had stopped and she looked up at him seeing desire in his eyes. It was a desire that matched her own, and she took his hand placing it at her breast. Rick squeezed her there, and Evelyn let out a gasp. He moved his other hand to her other breast and squeezed them together.

�Ohh,� she called out. Encouraged by her pleasured cry he reached behind her and though it took a moment he released the fasten on her bra, and let it fall to the floor. Evelyn felt afraid, but pushed it aside. She wanted this with him. He massaged her breasts with his hands again, then pulled her back against him. Her heart was racing, and she felt her belly right below her belly button start to tighten. She gasped out, and Rick decided to take the next step. Still holding her against him he reached down to his pants and unbuttoned them letting them fall to the floor. He stepped out of them, and brought her hand against his arousal. Evelyn shook with both fear and desire at feeling his manhood pressed against her hand, and she squeezed there.

�Oh yes,� he said. She rubbed her hand over his soft flesh then moved her hand away. She took his hand, and placed it over her panties in silent invitation. Rick rubbed his hand over her center, and Evelyn felt the tightening in her stomach increase. She gasped out again, and moved her hand against his underpants. Rick pulled away and removed his underpants then hers. She could barily stand, and knowing this, Rick lifted her in his arms lowering his head to hers. He kissed her again hard delving his tongue in and out of her sweet mouth, getting soft cries of pleasure and giving ones of his own. When she felt her back pressed against his bed, her mind screamed for her to stop, but she was swept away in this sensation of heavy desire, and she couldn�t stop what was about to happen, nor did she want to stop it. Rick moved his hand back to her soft thatch of curls rubbing his hand over her, then moved a finger to her lips, parting her there. She moaned into his mouth a loud moan of desire, and he rubbed against the slick wet walls.

�Rick,� she breathed out. He pushed his finger into her Vagina feeling her tighten around him. She cried out as her orgasm came, and he quickly moved his penis into her. He kissed her as she let out a scream of pain at his entry and pressed in to her breaking her as he did. Her walls tightened and released around him and he felt his own orgasm powerful.

�Rick I can�t I can�t,� she said though it was to late. He eased out of her and just held her as she cried. Somewhere in his mind he knew he should not have done this but he had wanted to show her the physical form of his love, and as the both drifted to sleep he felt that all would be better in the morning.

It was the sun shining in the window that stirred him, and instinctively he reached out for Evelyn. Instead of feeling her soft body against his hand, he felt only the mattress. That brought him fully awake and he sat up looking around the room. It was empty, and on the table he saw a piece of paper. He hurried up and got up moving to it. It was a letter and he opened it.

Dear Rick,
I�m sorry for what we did last night. I should not have come to your hotel room, knowing that what we would do was going to be wrong. I�ve come to terms with my feelings, and I don�t want to love you. We are two different people, my life belongs here with a man who loves the theater and business. The man I have met makes me feel real, and I love him. I don�t want you to come after me, because I am taking a leave of absence from the museum to pull my thoughts together. I hope you find your family in the United States. Good luck to you.

Evelyn.

Anger rose fast and he crumbled the paper. He got a quick shower and packed his bags, and after getting dressed he left for port to go back to the United States to his family.

: : Author : : EvieFan

: : Summary : : I wanted to do a more in depth story about Rick and Evelyn after Hamunaptra, and their not being so sure about one another as far as getting married so this one might be a little long, just bare in mind that I like happy endings so have faith

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