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When Colin was done, he slapped her ruhten up, as they had a job to do

Sara put herself together, put on her underclothes, all the while allowing Jimmy to suckle at her nipples Oh, but she liked it and held his head in place “Yes…like that,” she said as she got heated up again

Colin laughed and pulled hiet to and cash to be had”

~ Seven ~

IT HAD BEEN A LONG walk froe near hidden in the woods near Godwin’s estate lands She found herself breaking down as tears overtook her Life had coed her into the dark Would Godwin be upset with her? No, he was never upset with her Would he think she should have lied to her uncle and denied the truth?

She had thought she would one day live there with her child and that Godould have easy access to her She didn’t know that she would be banished so soon from her uncle’s home

She supposed her uncle was not wrong She had behaved like a fallen woman in his eyes, and she knew that hat she actually had become

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p; She clih a far the road to just over three miles

It was usually an easy walk, but carrying a portmanteau made it less so

Her anger and her pride hadof the trip without feeling sorry for herself Noever, the enor her braver resolve, and she cried right out loud

Eh and then subsided as she tried to consider the reality of her future She would be, once again, dependent on a man

When her parents were gone, she had been dependent on her uncle She could have stayed alone in the small home they had left her, but at her uncle’s insistence she had come to Cornwall and taken residence with him and her aunt

She had made a coht now It was punish herself to love a married man

Heather had never before been confrontational She had never had reason to be Why had she fought with her uncle? Why had she not thrown herself at his iveness? He would have made life hard for her He would have monitored her movements…but then he would have discovered she ith child Ah, then he would have sent her away The outcome would have been the same