Leather and Lace by Rebel Carter

Author:Rebel Carter [Carter, Rebel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Violet Gaze Press
Published: 2020-05-19T22:00:00+00:00

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Mary sat at her writing desk that night and stared at the letter with a considerate look. She had thought the letter might be full of nothing, or at the very least a play at a fake correspondence should her mother look it over, but it was not.

The letter was well and truly written. It was a look into Alex’s mind and heart. She asked her what her favorite foods were, how she came to like the Montana Territory, and what she thought she might like to do when this was all over.

“What does your future look like? Your perfect day? Tell me. Mine consists of a late rise, breakfast of a rasher of bacon and a strawberry shortcake piled high with summer sweet strawberries.”

Mary bit her lip, fingers twitching against the paper beneath her hands. Summer sweet. The words conjured thoughts of Alex’s full lips. The woman’s lips were plump, pink, and ripe for the taking. She would no doubt taste of summer sweet, of sunshine and the promise of a better tomorrow.

Of course she loved strawberries when she was as ripe for the picking as any fresh picked berry.

Mary’s fingers tightened on the pencil she held, and she took out another piece of paper. She would tell Mary what her perfect day was. That it would be all gentle mornings with a cup of warm tea and all the biscuits and cake they both could eat, and books, there would, of course be books. What little solace Mary had found in the last few months had been in the pages of a good book.

Mary’s perfect day would be the one that she chose. It didn’t matter what she did, or what she ate. It mattered not where she was, so long as she chose it. She touched her pencil to paper and began to write.

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