The Springsweet
“But in truth, I was a liar—and my own dupe. I hadn't found myself here by accident; I was no naïf led astray by wolfish intentions I didn't understand.I chose it. I walked here with head up and eyes forward. And now, admitting that, I both ached and rebelled. What would Thomas think? I wondered, and then I realized-—he would think nothing at all. If he could, I'd be in Annapolis, a newlywed, a doctor's wife.Instead, I sat in new, green grass and reached up to catch Emerson's hand. Hooking my fi...ngers around his, I said, "Aren't you forward?" But it came out wrong; my voice faint like powder and unlike myself entirely. Emerson frowned, sitting up the rest of the way. "What's the matter?""Don't read my mind," I joked weakly, trying to soothe myself to composure. "It's rude, and you already have any number of marks against you."Then, proving he couldn't read my mind at all, he asked, "You mooning over that dandy?"He sounded so petulant, so very cross, that my contemplative state broke and fell away.MoreLess
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