Chapter 25Lina
Neither of them said anything as they took their places again at the kitchen table and Lina was grateful, for thoughts swirled in her head like leaves blowing around in a breeze. Emery was—she liked women. And, even crazier, her parents knew! No wonder her father was so angry. But she hadn’t—they hadn’t—
Lina pressed her lips together. It never had mattered if one woman liked another. The fondness one woman might harbor for another woman was usually tolerated and friendships encouraged. Anything else, anything more, was a sin, unforgivable in the eyes of God and man both.
Not that any of it mattered right now. It couldn’t. For above all, Lina had to survive. Hands primly clasped in her lap, she sat erect, waiting.
“We still need a long-term solution. I’d love to be able
