When a Texan Gambles
“DAWN FILTERED THROUGH the branches of the cottonwood trees. Quickly she buried her head beneath the covers, hoping to push the day away and sleep another hour. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d felt warm and protected all night long.
Sam’s large hand rested atop her middle as if he were claiming something he owned. She blinked away the tears. In truth, he did own her. He’d bought and paid for her before he married her. She was his just like she belonged to Granny Vee that day Harriet Ra...iny traded her away. Harriet hadn’t even said good-bye, she’d just shoved six-year-old Sarah toward the old woman’s wagon and yelled, “Hope the girl is of more use to you than she’s been to me. Her mother was probably no more than trash, but she unloaded the child on me and now I’m passing her on to you.”
Granny had smiled when she’d yelled, “Climb up, girl,” but she slapped the horse before Sarah was aboard. Sarah could still remember running to catch the wagon. Running to an unknown future, knowing only that it had to be better than the past.MoreLess
Sam’s large hand rested atop her middle as if he were claiming something he owned. She blinked away the tears. In truth, he did own her. He’d bought and paid for her before he married her. She was his just like she belonged to Granny Vee that day Harriet Ra...iny traded her away. Harriet hadn’t even said good-bye, she’d just shoved six-year-old Sarah toward the old woman’s wagon and yelled, “Hope the girl is of more use to you than she’s been to me. Her mother was probably no more than trash, but she unloaded the child on me and now I’m passing her on to you.”
Granny had smiled when she’d yelled, “Climb up, girl,” but she slapped the horse before Sarah was aboard. Sarah could still remember running to catch the wagon. Running to an unknown future, knowing only that it had to be better than the past.MoreLess
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