Beneath the Kauri Tree (The Sea of Freedom Trilogy Book 2) by Sarah Lark

Author:Sarah Lark [Lark, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503900585
Publisher: Amazon Crossing
Published: 2018-04-17T05:00:00+00:00

Everything in Violet bristled against the thought of marrying Eric Fence, but charging him really was not a possibility. Violet dreaded living through her father’s reaction. The only solution was to scrounge together the money for the abortionist. She suggested to Clarisse that she earn it as a whore.

Clarisse shook her head. “Girl, the way you look just saying it, you’d scare away the customers. In this job, you have to at least pretend you enjoy it. And if you can, you have to praise the blokes for how great they do it. You, by contrast, might well bite off their prized possession when they want to do it French with you.”

“French? The French? They put it in the mouth?” Violet felt sick.

Clarisse sighed. “You lack all the necessary prerequisites,” she said sympathetically. “We could teach you in a few weeks, but after what happened, do you hate men now?”

The answer caught in Violet’s throat. If she was honest, she could have vomited at the thought of a repetition of that act with Eric. And to do that several times a night? With different men? She would die of shame and rage and fear.

“Besides, you don’t earn two pounds in this profession in just a few days,” Clarisse added. “And you won’t be able to play the good girl again afterward. Once a whore, always a whore. Someday there will be someone who marries you. I’m sure of that. But you can have that now if you marry this Eric fellow.”

“You’re serious,” she whispered.

Clarisse nodded. “Look, girl, marrying for love, people overvalue that. Believe me, there’s hardly a woman who really likes it when men, well, who, um, who really appreciate the pleasures of physical love.”

“Pleasures?” Violet looked at Clarisse as if she had lost her mind.

“It’s much easier when you’re in love. Then, then you’re inclined to forgive when it hurts. And when the fellow’s in love, he’s more careful than your Eric was with you.”

“He’s not my Eric,” Violet protested.

“It hurts less. Eventually, it hardly hurts anymore. There are also a few tricks, but marriage hardly makes a woman happy. Most love their children, though, and it doesn’t matter how they came to be or who their father is.”

Violet thought of her mother and vaguely felt guilty about the little being in her own body. Her mother had despised her father, but she had done everything for Violet and Rosie. Violet, on the other hand, was only thinking about getting rid of the child as quickly as possible.

“With that in mind, if you marry Eric now or someone else in a few years, it’ll most likely come to the same thing.” Clarisse stood up. “I have to go. By Sunday afternoon, the boys have slept off their Saturday night, and whoever has money left, treats himself to a girl. It’s my favorite day of the week. A few good lads who want to enjoy it sober come, too, because they’ve scrimped and saved for it. They even wash themselves beforehand.

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