Runaway
Runaway
““Gertrude—That may be Bluff Springs!” she told her companion excitedly.
The older woman quickly looked in the direction she’d indicated and smiled. “Looks as if we’re right on time, like Joe said.”
When they’d started out early that morning, Joe, the stage driver, had told them that barring any unexpected trouble, he expected to reach town by midday.
Destiny said no more as the realization that they had finally reached Bluff Springs began to sink in. Soon, very soon, she was going to be face-to...-face with the man named Seth Rawlins—the man who was to be her husband. She was a bit unnerved by the prospect, but with Raymond undoubtedly searching for her back in St. Louis, she had no choice.
There was no going back.
Destiny had come to accept her fate as best she could as they’d traveled over the long, endless miles of the untamed West. Thanks to Sylvia’s quick thinking, she had a whole new identity and hope for a fresh start. Determined to make the best of her new life, she looked up to find Gertrude’s gaze warm upon her.MoreLess
The older woman quickly looked in the direction she’d indicated and smiled. “Looks as if we’re right on time, like Joe said.”
When they’d started out early that morning, Joe, the stage driver, had told them that barring any unexpected trouble, he expected to reach town by midday.
Destiny said no more as the realization that they had finally reached Bluff Springs began to sink in. Soon, very soon, she was going to be face-to...-face with the man named Seth Rawlins—the man who was to be her husband. She was a bit unnerved by the prospect, but with Raymond undoubtedly searching for her back in St. Louis, she had no choice.
There was no going back.
Destiny had come to accept her fate as best she could as they’d traveled over the long, endless miles of the untamed West. Thanks to Sylvia’s quick thinking, she had a whole new identity and hope for a fresh start. Determined to make the best of her new life, she looked up to find Gertrude’s gaze warm upon her.MoreLess
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