"I don't want to go with him, Ma'am."I don't want to go with him, Ma'am. Out in the middle of noplace not seeing anybody. Please don't let him." Once he got this pretty kid home Jeb'd be able to sin as much as he wanted with nobody the wiser that his "farm hand" was a girl. In five years she'd have four kids hangin' round her waist and look forty. Probably wouldn't even bother to marry her. Rhett whipped out a handkerchief, and Lily gave it to the girl, and pushed back Wille Mae's soft hair from her face. |