“The Seventh Day I ate breakfast with a newfound sense of pep - and coyness. Every time I glanced Thomasine's way she would give me this look- as if she knew things that I didn't want her to... And if she didn't before, she would once she saw my scarlet blush. I wasn’t sure if she’d heard anything from this morning's episode, and Charles wasn’t exactly being bashful while in the throes of passion. I wasn’t even sure if I’d been quiet myself, before the screams of confusion, that is.‘Lovely morni...ng,’ I commented, studying her reaction.‘Warm,’ was all she gave me in return.‘Looks to be a clear sky, doesn’t it?’‘Mmm,’ she agreed.I put down my fork and stared at the table cloth beneath my fingertips. I couldn't keep the pretenses up any longer.‘Thomasine, today is my last day here,’ I said.She didn't react at all.‘Please, don’t be so distant - not today of all days.’She stared ahead of her with her lips pressed firmly together. Thomasine knew. She knew what was going to happen to me, and why I was leaving.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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