The Raging Hearts: the Coltrane Saga, book 2 (2012)
“For several days her body was only pain, pain from head to toe, back and buttocks raw from the welts left by the leather strap. It was only with great effort that she was able to move from where she lay on her belly to the chamber pot.
The morning after, she was grateful to see a familiar face. Addie, one of the Negroes who had left her to work for Corey, took one look at her and could not suppress the cry of outrage. “Oh, dear God. That man, he did this to you? Oh, Miss Kitty, Miss Kitty,” she... moaned. “I knowed he was the devil hisself, but I thought he loved you.” Kitty did not speak. It did not matter about the pain. It would go away. The bruises would fade, on the surface, at least. The wounds would heal in the same manner. She could only lie there and think about Travis, the way he had scorned her. Kitty knew her heart was broken forever.
Addie brought salve to rub into the wounds. “Hugo say Mistah McRae won’t call the doctor ’cause he don’t want nobody to know what he had to do to his wife to make her behave.MoreLess
The morning after, she was grateful to see a familiar face. Addie, one of the Negroes who had left her to work for Corey, took one look at her and could not suppress the cry of outrage. “Oh, dear God. That man, he did this to you? Oh, Miss Kitty, Miss Kitty,” she... moaned. “I knowed he was the devil hisself, but I thought he loved you.” Kitty did not speak. It did not matter about the pain. It would go away. The bruises would fade, on the surface, at least. The wounds would heal in the same manner. She could only lie there and think about Travis, the way he had scorned her. Kitty knew her heart was broken forever.
Addie brought salve to rub into the wounds. “Hugo say Mistah McRae won’t call the doctor ’cause he don’t want nobody to know what he had to do to his wife to make her behave.MoreLess
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