CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Truth be told I desperately wanted to go with him but I couldn’t balk in front of Will’s people. It would have made the precarious situation worse, especially when encouragements of rebellion filled the air.
Will slipped away, leaving me alone with mother and child. The late afternoon shadows stretched over us and my ears strained to hear any conversation from the barn, but alas, we stood too far away. I heard a faint curious sigh from my smaller companions and glanced down at the little girl.
An idea struck me and I turned to Emily and her daughter. I offered them a friendly smile which the mother reluctantly returned. The little girl hid behind her mother’s dress. “Hello, there. My name’s Rose.”
Steven’s wife bowed her head and curtsied. “We know who you are,
