Chapter 9
The Pearl Necklaces
I will have to act soon about the baby making with Salvatore, make the right decisions or risk losing another month, before the moon waxes and wanes just one more cycle. But not today.
Today, when Joseph announced we’d be having lunch in town, I feigned a headache and begged to be excused, and apologized to our guests. They did not seem at all concerned about eating without me, or about how I felt.
Moments after they departed I was already in the garden waiting for Salvatore, demurely sitting on the garden bench when he arrived, dirty and sweaty from the time spent under the sun and the heat, between flowers and manure. By the look on his face, I could tell he knew the baron had arrived home. But he smiled when I told him that the baron and his guests had
