Firefly Beach
“she asked.Joe shrugged.“It’s desolate. You can’t get on or off without a boat. She must have been horribly unhappy,” Caroline said. “I’m not excusing her, but she must have been desperate, doing what she did.”Caroline gazed at the drawing, imagining a young woman who lived in a lighthouse on a rock at sea, falling in love with the master of this ship. She heard herself defending Elisabeth Randall, but was that just so she could fight with Joe? She disliked Elisabeth for what she’d done. How bad... could life have been that she would run off and leave her daughter? Caroline felt contrary, fired up, and she knew it had to do with old resentment at Joe, for the unfair blame he placed on her.“Do parents think of their children first?” Joe asked. “When they’re caught up in their own plans? I think you and I know the answer better than anyone.”“Joe,” she began, raising her eyes. But he had disappeared. She heard him in the galley. Caroline tried to catch her breath, to get control of her emotions.MoreLess
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