*Josie*
Damn him, damn his deception. Originally I had wanted to hurt him in some manner, publicly humiliate him, but I do have to take care not to ruin my daughter’s future chances for a good match. “I don’t know that I can stay here,” I admit, not certain I can trust my feelings, trust him. The wounds of his betrayal still fester. My grief, my loss of Nathan, seems to suck the very life from me.
“Where will you go? To your cousin’s? Can he provide for you any better than I can?" He says.
I despise that he understands the truth of my situation, and used it to his advantage to keep me and Noella near. My parents are gone. I have no siblings. The cousin who has inherited my father’s titles and estates had been pleased beyond measure that I married at nineteen. “Nathan must have made some
