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“The ht you loved The one that was married”

“I don’t know” Roseuess”

“You guess?”

She nodded and carried the last of the flowers out the door After the wedding, Rosemary had been forbidden to leave the house There had been a few months where life had been relatively calain Especially when Rose a ularly Special events and ceremonies she insisted she needed to attend—escorted by many different men

“You guess?” Seth repeated

Sighing heavily, Millie reentered the cabin as a new bout of guilt turned into a hard knot in her stos fro e do the about herself, and crossed the rooet rid of the pollen”

He eyed her warily

“It’ll help Honest” As he followed her directions, she said, “I’ back the way it was tomorrow, and ask To-She-Wi if she kno to eliminate the rose oil smell”

Seth folded the towel and hung it on the washstand “I’m sorry, as well, for the saddle soap and stuff”

When the silence grew into a lingering stillness that had her nerves ticking, Millie inched her skirt up to show the tips of her boots “I no longer need new boots I’ll cancel the order first thing in the ”

His gaze stayed on her boots “No It’s too late Besides, it won’t hurt to have a spare pair”

There’d been a time when she’d had several pairs of boots, when Papa was alive But like everything else, that too had changed “All right, but I do have money I’ll pay for them”

“Have you been short of money lately?”

He’d stopped sneezing and was no longer wheezing That alone allowed her to sigh with relief