Chapter 20Marwa
Oh, my days! Maneuvering Rohene onto Tufty was as tricky as lugging her onto Starlight had been. My poor darling was as worried and jumpy as a squirrel and required much kissing and soothing, which we both enjoyed but which led to lengthy dalliances.
She wouldn’t allow me to let go of her hand. “I never realized how much I crave encouragement—I always thought I was the kind of woman who didn’t need anyone. The opposite is true. Don’t let me go!”
Tufty huffed and puffed and the baby laughed, while I hugged Rohene thoroughly until I was sure every last worry must surely have exited her brain. I recalled well the uptight girl she’d been the first time met—even fighting her own pleasure because she didn’t think she deserved any. “It was the same for me. I lived a life where
