Deeper Than Desire by Cheryl Holt

Author:Cheryl Holt
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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payments as a charity, had been sustaining an indigent girl as his Christian duty.

Jane hadn't accepted that folderol, either.

In her heart, she had felt that her parents were out there, hoping and searching, that they'd lost her and had been trying to find her all this time. But as her thirteenth birthday approached, she was forced to conclude that she'd been wrong. There was no one to save her, no one who would rush to her rescue.

She was all alone in the world, and the realization was too sad to bear, so she shook off the doldrums that had swamped her.

With so much work to do, she couldn't waste a single second bemoaning her fate. Even with her patron's support, she'd had sewing to do, and she had more now, plus she'd acquired the burden of doing it for Helen, as well. She'd tried and tried to explain the chore to the girl, to teach her to focus on the needle and thread, but Helen couldn't concentrate.

Jane couldn't account for why she was so fond of Helen, but she couldn't let her blunder through the perils at the orphanage on her own. She was so defenseless, so pitiful, and Jane was terrified that she'd be expelled for some misdemeanor, or that she would be given to those men who were interested in very young children.

Whenever Jane was advised the peculiar fellows were on the premises, she concealed Helen in a wooden chest. Jane had described the bad men, and Helen seemed to understand the danger. Without a fuss, she would climb in, and Jane would sit on the lid as though it were her customary perch, for she never wanted any of them to see Helen's amazing white hair, or her big blue eyes.

They had a habit of picking the fairest ones, and Jane was certain that they would select Helen, despite her

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