His Prairie Princess (Prairie Brides 1)
“Mrs. Waller gasped.
“Blazes, Sarah! You can see it plain as day! She looks just like the woman!”
“Yes, I can see that, but did she know her mother was a ... a ...”
“Adventuress woman?” Sadie finished for her. “A prostitute, Mrs. Waller? A whore? Yes. Yes I knew.”
Mrs. Waller stood and stammered as she searched for the best way to apologize. Finally she said, “I’m sorry if I offended you. Guess it don’t much matter what she’s done. She’s still your mother. And it’s none of my business anyway. It’s just that the decent folk around here run the rest of those women out of town. They left your mother behind on account she was sick. Only a matter of time before she’d be run out of town too only no one wanted to be responsible.”
“Responsible for what?”
Mrs. Waller closed her eyes a moment. “Her passing on.”
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