His Pirate Wife (Master and Command Her Book 2) by Marie Hall

Author:Marie Hall [Hall, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blushing Books Publications
Published: 2017-12-02T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Mia led the group over to the sandy pit where a cannon was placed like a statue to decorate the grounds. Several children played there though more of them climbed over Grim than the hunk of iron. Peals of laughter rang out and Mia lifted her hand to wave at the other mothers who stood by watching.

It took her some convincing that Grim wouldn’t hurt the children in any manner, but now most barely paid attention trusting the man would be quick to pull them from trouble. Grim had little use on land, and little use for it, but his sails were always full around children. He could play with them at any age, even infants were safe in his huge hands.

Suddenly Mia couldn’t wait to have her own. The longing swelled up for the first time in her life. A child created by her and Devin. A child raised by all the wonderful people she’d been raised with.

“You are a newlywed dear, they’ll come,” the elder Mrs. Winthrop said, stepping up. “I didn’t have Richard until I was wed three years and then they came one after the other for three years.”

“Devin doesn’t speak about his childhood,” Mia said and watched Mr. Hong help a child get a kite in the air.

“It wasn’t the best of times,” she said her eyes following the bright paper as it was lifted on the winds. “His father was a bastard for many years. He and Robert were always struggling with each other.”

“You mean Devin? I hardly remember his given name is Robert, he never uses it,” Mia said, wondering why.

“It was his father’s father’s name. That man was evil. Not mean, evil. Devin is my family name,” she said dropping her eyes to her hands which she twisted together nervously. “I left him twice after he sent Robert… Devin,” she corrected, “to sea. I told him to choose his drink and his mistress, or his family. I was afraid without Devin there to focus his rages on… Richard is a good man with a strong back but his heart is soft and Ronald… he’s weak but he’s clever. They wouldn’t have been able to hold up like Devin did and knowing Devin was safe at sea didn’t mean I wanted my other children gone, too.” Mia heard a sob slip and the woman’s voice cracked. “I thought… well it doesn’t matter.”

“You thought Devin would come home eventually?” Mia said and looked to see the woman looking at her with tears.

“He never did. We didn’t hear from him. For years I spent every day at the news house waiting for the lists of the men hurt or killed. I expected to see his name. Maybe even hoped I could reason he was dead and couldn’t write or come home. As awful as it sounds, I thought it better than to have to know my own son hated me so much he wouldn’t be bothered.” She sniffed and again turned to watch the children playing.

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