Lucky's Lady by Sandy Raven

Author:Sandy Raven
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: 0
Published: 2015-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Mary-Michael strode into the office at six-thirty the next morning and made herself a pot of tea. On this particular morning, she needed the pick-me-up a strong pot provided. She'd lain in bed most of the night reliving each moment she and Lucky shared the previous summer. She also remembered the days immediately after he left, when she'd prayed that God had given her a child to carry and nurture—a part of Lucky to have forever and remind her of their one passionate weekend.

Then she got her menses. She'd been devastated. Even Mr. Watkins had seen how upset she was on that fateful morning when she realized she would not become a mother. She spent that entire day in her room crying. The following morning she was back at work, with a renewed energy to complete the two clippers and send them out onto the high seas for a life of commercial shipping.

And just minutes earlier, before she'd left the house, Mr. Watkins reminded her that there was still a chance for her to get with child now that Lucky was back. Knowing she couldn't keep them here much longer than a week, Mary-Michael knew if she wanted to conceive she had to move quickly. Because she desperately wanted a child of her very own.

Too, she had to contend with the feelings she'd grown to have for the captain. Because at some point over the past ten months, Mary-Michael had to admit to having certain tender feelings for him. Of course, she could never tell him, or anyone for that matter. They would only think the worst of her. At times she thought the worst of herself. Her calculated method of going about getting with child would certainly upset Lucky if he even suspected what she was doing. From their discussions last summer, she got the impression he was very much interested in a family and children. He likely wouldn't be happy if he'd sired one but would never be acknowledged as the child's father.

There were times when she felt such guilt and shame over what she was planning and doing that couldn't stand to look at herself in the mirror in the morning. But then she would remember how it felt to hold Rowan and Emily. She'd remember their laughter and hugging them when they cried for whatever reasons. Tears welled in her eyes as she remembered how they smelled after their bath, and how they would sweetly say their prayers before bed when she tucked them in before returning to her drafting table.

She had to stop with the maudlin thoughts before someone walked into her office and caught her weeping.

Noises from the yard below told her the men were coming onto their jobs. Soon Lucky and Ian would be climbing the steps toward her office. She had to steel herself for the oncoming rush of emotion. She knew she would get that same jittery sensation in her breast when she saw Lucky again—the one that felt like

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