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With my quick wit and the fact that I’m not afraid of hard work, I was sure I couldhere

That’s why I’d been sleeping in the shed Before that I would find a mission or church door to sleep in My aiun to show

I knew ti before I had to leave But hat I’d saved so far I et a small place for me and the baby I have it all planned out in my head I will become a ho’d lost her husband with a baby on the way People tend to beof that than and unwed mother

But now his kindness has confused my mind I know very hat he wants from me I haven’tAnd it’s hard to h?

It didn’t takewithAnd not just s of desire of any kind

There had been such hate and sorrow in ht they would be my companions until death I never expected that all it would take is a show of genuine kindness Someone who kept watch over me when I didn’t even know I needed it

I’d spent hts in the stables half awake, too afraid to fall asleep, to leave et to sleep in a nice bed and the way he feedsan army

But the thing that I think nancy books He’d hidden theht ive to es he’d marked and read as there

It was all about how to take care of an expectant ood for her and the child After that day I watched everything he did, even when he sat silently in his chair

And so the days becaet ere And then I grew afraid Afraid that I’d let uard down and my heart would break after I leave I’d co

And so I made up my mind to leave this place before it was too late It was a beautiful drea I could marry him, but I kneould never be He and I orlds apart, and I’d seen and heard enough to knoouldn’t be easily accepted

And so to do his and waited for the darkness of night to make my escape

DRACO

So! I can sense it All-day, she’s been ju off into space like she had the world’s energy crisis on her ht had dimmed in her eyes, and her face was sullen

I couldn’t figure out rong with her, and I knew there was no point in asking I knew no one had troubled her because I’m with her damn near every second, so it had to be her past

I paced my room as the rest of the house slept Outside, the as dark, only the bare branches of the trees swaying gently against the dark sky There was an unsettled feeling in ut that refused to leave

I decided to go check on her I usually stay away unless she cries out in her sleep Then I sit with her for the rest of the night, watching over her But I always try to give her her privacy unless she needs o check on her and hope she doesn’t wake up screa

I left my room next door and almost had a heart attack when I found hers open I rushed into the rooht, but she wasn’t there I checked the en suite bathroo she was sick And then I saw the note on the unmade bed

I didn’t even pick that shit up I just took off running down the stairs and out the door I was thinking as I ran No doubt she didn’t leave me a note and went back to the barn, so that could only