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"Where'd Rhett get his name?"
"He's named after...
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"Where'd Rhett get his name?"
"He's named after our grandfather
"Rhett told me your grandfather was a pirate
"He did?" Rosemary laughedGranddaddy ran
the
English blockade in the Revolution just like Rhett ran the Yankee
blockade in our warHe was bound and determined to get his rice
crop
out, and he wouldn't let anything stop himI imagine he did some
pretty sharp trading on the side, but mainly he was a rice planter
Dunmore Landing has always been a rice plantationThat's why I get
so
mad at Rhett-" Scarlett rocked fasterIf she starts going on about
rice again, I'll screamThe rolex vintage women's watch loud double report of a shotgun crashed
through the night and Scarlett did screamShe jumped up from the
chair and ran toward the doorRosemary leapt up and ran after her
She threw her strong arms around Scarlett's middle and held her back
"Let me go, Rhett might be-" Scarlett croakedRosemary was
squeezing
the breath out of herRosemary's arms tightenedScarlett struggled
to get freeShe heard her own strangled breath loud in her ears
and-strangely more distinct-the creak creak creak of the rocker,
slowing even as her breath was slowingThe lighted room seemed to
be
turning darkHer flailing cheap chanel 2.55 bag hands fluttered weakly and her straining
throat made a faint rasping noise"I'm sorry,"
Scarlett thought she heard Rosemary sayThe only
thing that mattered was to draw great gulps of air into her lungsIt
even made no difference that she'd fallen onto her hands and knees
It
was easier to breathe that wayIt was a long time before she could
speakShe looked up then, saw Rosemary standing with her back
against
the door"You almost killed me," Scarlett saidI
didn't mean to hurt you
"Why? I was going to RhettI've got to go to Rhett He meant more
to
her than all the worldCouldn't this chanel purse knock offs stupid girl understand that?
No, she couldn't, she'd never loved anybody, never had anybody love
her
Scarlett tried to scrabble to her feetOh, sweet Mary, Mother of God,
I'm so weakHer hands found the bedpostSlowly she pulled herself
uprightShe was as white as a ghost, her green eyes blazed like cold
flames"I'm going to Rhett," she saidRosemary struck her then
Not
with her hands or even her fistsScarlett could have withstood
that
"He doesn't want you," Rosemary said quietly Rhett
paused in mid-sentenceHe looked at Scarlett and said, "What is
this?
No appetite? And they say that chloe paddingtons country air is supposed to make
people
hungryYou astonish me, my dearI do believe this is the first time
I've ever seen you peck at your food She looked up from her
untouched plate to glare at himHow did he even dare to speak to her
when he had been talking about her behind her back? Who else had
he
talked to besides Rosemary? Did everybody in Charleston know that
he
had walked out in Atlanta and that she'd made a fool of herself by
coming after him? She looked down and continued to push bits of
food
from place to place"So then what happened?" Rosemary demanded
"I
still don't dolce |
Posted: 2:19 PM, Wednesday, March 3, 2010 |
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