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“Yes, please, I’d appreciate that very ”

“The soldiers are happy to be almost home, too,” the porter said “The oneout the —the one I told you about He’s with the Indian who traded his feathers for a white wig after seeing a picture of George Washington”

She nodded, sainst her breastbone There was more than one major in the army, and several in the Indian Territory She understood that, but there was only one she couldn’t wait to see

The smile remained on her face while she ate breakfast, and after Mr Willia, shedown to her bare essentials With a s the last time she’d been in Tulsa, and Seth had washed her hair

Another thought flashed into herher hand stall near her throat Everyone back here, fros Ryan at Fort Sill, knew her as Rosemary What would they think of her and her deceit?

Bits and pieces of her breath caught in her lungs Explaining to Seth was one thing, having to explain it to everyone else was a whole different issue He ht be scorned or discredited by what she’d done

Why hadn’t she thought of this before? Why hadn’t she taken the repercussions of her behavior into consideration?

“Well, Millie,” she told herself aloud, “you are just going to have to face it That’s all there is to it There’s no turning back”

By the ti their arrival in Tulsa, she was so nervous she al on to the door handle, ready to exit as soon as the wheels rolled to a stop, she glanced around the car Her trunk was packed, ready to be unloaded, and Mr Williams promised it would be set near the wall An extra dress was rolled up inside her traveling bag

She set the bag down, s back up Only to set it down again to run a hand over her hair and ht

Then she took a deep breath and picked the bag up yet again, just as the whistle repeated and the train started jolting as the brakes caught and released Mrs Ketchu an army asn’t always easy, and Millie knew she was about to face just how hard it could be

The last jolt left the car gently rocking, and she opened the door, rushed down the steps The private car was near the end of the train, and people started exiting the other cars by the dozens Hurrying around blue uniforh with the cooler weather o, she kept her gaze on the main street of town Mrs Brewster would know if Seth had already left, and the hotel was her destination Her only focus

When her foot caught, brought her to an abrupt stop and sent her flying forward and doard at the saht occurred