Imogene by Eliza Lloyd

Author:Eliza Lloyd [Lloyd, Eliza]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Erotica Historical, historical, victorian, Historical Romance, sexy romance
Publisher: Eliza Lloyd
Published: 2015-11-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Spring turned into summer and Imo realized with some dismay seven weeks had passed since Vauxhall. No one mentioned a thing about her short disappearance, and she’d forgotten her threat to stop earning money with strangers. The one concession was on Sunday night when they didn’t go to the little building on Cable Street.

They’d played around at the docks until dark. Danny had left them before they got home. Frank jeered as Danny walked away, “Say hallo to Mistress Molly.”

Danny didn’t come home until very late. Imo and Frank sat with their backs to the fireplace while Charlie lay stretched out on the floor sleeping. The candle stub sputtered but kept the room with enough light that they could play cards well into the night. Early on they’d learned the tricks of every card game in London. It was one of those gifts bequeathed by God on poor people. Sleeping was only necessary when they were tired and the very warm day had made the attic unbearably uncomfortable. Danny had long ago told them they weren’t sleeping outside on nights like this, not when they had a roof over their heads. Mrs. Cookson had the small attic window for relief during the summer; they had the fireplace in the winter. Imo wouldn’t trade their room for all the tarts in Mrs. Bunton’s pantry.

Imo’s life had settled into a routine. Danny gave them a farthing a month for spending. Imo bought a hair ribbon and she’d refused hair trimming ever since. She wore the pink ribbon every day.

The ribbon cost more than the money she received from Danny, so she’d used the first of her own coins.

The men who came to Cable Street seemed to like the feminine addition and that was almost enough to make her leave the pretty ribbon in her pocket. They’d stopped seeing her as a girl. Frightening as that was, Imo had stopped seeing herself as a girl too.

Sometimes at the dock she’d see fancy blokes riding through on their big stallions and she always took a second look, wondering about the rich nob she’d met twice and who’d generously paid for things she hadn’t been willing to give, but in the end hadn’t minded so much. In the back of her mind she wondered if no other man thought about pleasure for a woman. She hadn’t felt a thing since the night at Vauxhall, no matter how big the cock or how excited she seemed to make them. She heard declarations of love enough to make her laugh. Twice she’d been offered marriage by men she didn’t know.

Sighting a tall rider with dark hair always warmed her uncomfortably. She’d take a deep breath and hold it in just to keep her heart from jumping from her chest. She didn’t know a word to describe how she felt, she only knew it made her feel hungry. And sad.

Imo rubbed her hand over her pocket, a habit she’d started to make sure her money was always in place.

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