Chapter Five
The Price of Growing Up
Abigail and Aaron Barrow sat at the kitchen table eating their breakfast in silence. All Abby could think about was her horrible day with knife-wielding scoundrel, a furious husband and a sick best friend. She had a lot to worry about.
“You're going to punish me, aren't you?” Abigail said breaking the silence, as she sipped from her mug of steaming coffee. She didn't even want to think of how her poor bottom was going to pay for this most recent travesty, but it was hard not to. Aaron had already warned her she'd be disciplined before he went off to rescue Darcy, and she knew this would be a harrowing one.
“You think I need to?” Aaron asked her. For a man as angry as he'd been the night before, he had an almost amused looked on his face as he eyed h
