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"Life insurance policy?"
Juliette nodded "I took the ht insurance My mother’s the beneficiary on my policy If I die and it’s ruled an accident, then there would be enough money to take care of my mother for at least ten years People drown in the ocean all the time here and their bodies wash up on the beach"
"There has to be another way," Kingsley said
"There isn’t If there were another way I would have found it by now" She took his hand and he wished she hadn’t Her long slender fingers felt as if they belonged in his grasp And the tiain
"I’h with it I a I’rateful for sohed softly and squeezed his hand
"In the car on the way to the house, you took off your knife and gave it toI’d use it to kill you?" he asked
"All I wanted froht with a ht with atiain "Before I died"
Juliette stepped out of the reach of the tide Side by side they walked back toward Kingsley’s hut
"You should know," she said, squeezing his hand, "he doesn’t abuse me The pain he’s caused me has been the kind you and I both enjoy And he’s faithful to me He and his wife haven’t been intimate in years He has no other lover, only sley said "He’s rich Beyond rich It would be pocket change for him to pay for your mother’s medical treatment"
"I made the offer He accepted it"
"He should have helped your reith his own daughters, for God’s sake You should have been like a daughter to him"
"I never said he was a saint I only said he doesn’t abuse ives me"
"Except your freedom"
"Except my freedom"
She squeezed his hand
"I shouldn’t coe of convenience How ain with a wealthy e If you were married, the laould be on your side You could divorce him, take half his money and pay for yourrocks in your pockets and walking into the ocean"
"I should have asked hioes that idea"
Her flippant tone only rier
"Even an indentured servant knohen his service will end How long will your mother need to be in the hospital?"