CHAPTER SIX
Motherly Love“What youse gonna do with her?” Mari’s voice rasped as she tried to whisper outside Leilah’s door. “The muster won’t wait for you.”
Hector sighed. “I know, Mari! A couple of decent horses would go a long way towards paying some bills, but I can’t leave Deleilah when she’s sick.”
“I’m fine!” Leilah pushed her face beneath her pillow and pulled the sheets tighter around her body. “I’ll sleep it off and be okay tomorrow.” Her voice reached the ears of the adults huddled outside her bedroom door and Mari waggled her eyebrows.
Hector pushed his face through the gap and peered at Leilah. “I’m gone until the weekend, girl. You can’t stay here alone and sick.”
Leilah groaned. “You said I could.”
“That’s before you got sick.” Hector advanced into the bedroom, his dust
