"But" I began and she continued to interrupt.
"I've already organized it. We're going to the courthouse tomorrow. Nobody else is going to be there. Just us and mother and Grandfather. That way he can't dispute the marriage certificate or the wedding ceremony. It will be quick and painless" she said with a shrug "Then all we have to focus on is getting me pregnant."
I stared at her. "Charlotte do you even hear yourself right now?" I asked quietly.
She was speaking fast, pacing back and forth, muttering to herself.
She whirled and faced me, "Yes" she shouted "I am hearing myself. I am sacrificing things that I want, things that matter to me, for the sake of getting my hands on this blasted company," she said frostily "Do you not understand Johnathon?"
She looked half-crazed. What had
