The whimpers of Jade caught her attention; quickly Opal was at Roberts’s side. Smiling she took the child, spoon and food and sitting on the edge of the bale she’d used to change her she fed the child. When finished she wiped her gently and changed her diaper. Handing her over to Robert she took the diaper to the edge and sat it down until morning. Turning she watched as her new husband gently patted the babe to sleep. Uncoiling her hair she noticed that the sun had finally set. Unbraiding her hair she heard him shuffle to the bed. Her whole body tensed. Hearing his voice speak her name she turned to him, innocent blue eyes peered at him while she shook her head no gently.
Brushing the hair out took her only a moment longer and she could no longer excuse herself from his bed, their bed. Asking to sleep separate from him would be scoffed at. On trembling legs she moved to the bed. The long white gown she more now hid her body from view but nothing hid her away beneath it. Smiling nervously she toyed with the blankets edge as she slid beneath them and joined him. She lie on her back staring up at the rafters above them, he had not been unkind or mean to her since she had been rude to him, yet she feared him so much she quivered. “Robert, I can’t replace her and I can’t be her. Please I beg of you, be ever so gentle, please.” Tears trickled down her face as she turned to face him. Her blue eyes wide with fear.
Brushing the hair out took her only a moment longer and she could no longer excuse herself from his bed, their bed. Asking to sleep separate from him would be scoffed at. On trembling legs she moved to the bed. The long white gown she more now hid her body from view but nothing hid her away beneath it. Smiling nervously she toyed with the blankets edge as she slid beneath them and joined him. She lie on her back staring up at the rafters above them, he had not been unkind or mean to her since she had been rude to him, yet she feared him so much she quivered. “Robert, I can’t replace her and I can’t be her. Please I beg of you, be ever so gentle, please.” Tears trickled down her face as she turned to face him. Her blue eyes wide with fear.