May 1: Chapter 7
Minnie never liked the idea of playing with fire. But as she walked after Christopher Thorpe, she knew that she had. She had been burnt many times before, she had learnt the hard way what hurt and what didn’t. Touching a heated stove, the tray of fresh biscuits and the fireplace, breaking up with one Thorpe brother. “How long have you been seeing my brother?” He was standing on the back porch, overlooking a small garden the sea in the distance. She didn’t say anything, she didn’t know the answer to that. She had not been seeing his brother in a long time and she didn’t know what to say now that he had asked. “How long have you been seeing my brother?” He repeated. “What do you want?” “To do business with you.” She explained. “What is Nicholas to you?” Christopher’s gaze was intent o
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