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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    6:38 pm
    @@@@@I want to love somebodyI know how it feels
    @@@@@I
    want to love somebodyI know how it feels to love, it's the best
    feeling in the worldI can't bear the unfairness, that I learned
    about loving too lateCharles loves me, and I want to be loved, I
    need itI'm lonely by myself without it
    Why can't I love him? Because I love Rhett, that's whyThat's why
    for Charles and for every other man in the worldThey're none of
    them
    RhettYou will never have Rhett, her mind told herAnd her heart
    cried out in anguish: Do you think I don't know that? Do you think I
    can ever completely forget it? Do you think that it doesn't haunt me
    every time I see him in Cat? Do you think it doesn't spring on me
    from
    nowhere just when I believe that my life is my own? Scarlett wrote
    carefully, looking for the kindest words she knew to say no to Charles
    Raglandhe would never understand if she told him that she truly
    liked him, that in a very small way perhaps she even loved him
    because
    he loved her, and that her affection for him made it impossible for her
    to marry himShe wished better for him than a wife who would
    forever
    belong to another man* The year's final house party was not far
    from
    Kilbride, which was not far from TrimScarlett could drive herself
    instead of all the complications of taking the trainShe left very
    early in the morning when it was still coolHer horses were suffering
    from the heat, despite being sponged down four times a dayEven
    she
    had started to feel it; she felt twitchy and sweaty almost all night
    when she was trying to sleepThank heaven it was AugustThe
    summer
    was almost done, if it would only admit itThe sky was still tinged
    with pink, but there was already a haze of heat in the distance
    Scarlett hoped she'd calculated the time right for the tripShe'd
    like to have her horse and herself in the shade when the sun was full
    upI wonder if Nan Sutcliffe will be up? She never looked like an
    early riser to meI wouldn't mind having a cool bath and
    changing my clothes before I see anybodyI do hope there's a decent
    maid for me here, not like that ham-handed idiot at the Giffo
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    6:42 pm
    @@@@@“Time to take one for the team, kid Jamie
    @@@@@“Time to take one for the team, kid
    Jamie sighed and kicked the dirt“Keep an eye on Wanda
    Jamie shuffled away, casting glances back at us every few minutes until he disappeared into
    another tunnel
    “Here, give me those,” Ian said, pulling the bin of dishes from me before I could respond
    “They weren't too heavy for me,” I told him“I feel silly standing here with my arms empty while you lug these around
    Chalk it up to gallantryC'mon–let's go relax somewhere out of the way until the coast is clear
    His words troubled me, and I followed him in silenceWhy should gallantry apply to me?
    He walked all the way to the cornfield, and then into the cornfield, stepping in the low part of
    the furrow, between the stalksI trailed behind him until he stopped, somewhere in the middle
    of the field, set the dishes aside, and sprawled out on the dirt
    “Well, this is out of the way,” I said as I settled to the ground beside him, crossing my legs
    “But shouldn't we be working?”
    “You work too hard, WandaYou're the only one who never takes a day off
    “It gives me something to do,” I mumbled
    “Everyone is taking a break today, so you might as well
    I looked at him curiouslyThe light from the mirrors threw double shadows through the
    cornstalks that crisscrossed over him like zebra stripesUnder the lines and the dirt, his pale face
    was weary
    “You look like you've been working“But I'm resting now
    “Jamie won't tell me what's going on,” I murmured“It's nothing you want to know anyway
    I stared at the ground, at the dark purple and brown dirt, as my stomach twisted and rolle
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    6:43 pm
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    "Yes," the General saidHe was busy estimating the possibilitiesThey would have to be reinforcedFirst Battalion of the 459th, Infantry which he had been holding in reserve and working on the road, could be moved up in two hours, but he would have to leave at least a company and a detached platoon behind for reservesThe attack might come sooner than thatThe General debated, and black gucci watch decided finally to move up only two companies from 1st Battalion, save the other two for covering any retreat which might be necessary, and strip headquarters and service companies of all available platoonsHe glanced at his watchIt was eight o'clock now"Samson," he said, "at about 2300, Potential White Able and Dog will reach you by convoy march routeThey are to make contact with Paragon bags dolce and gabbana White and Paragon Red where they will be used according to opportunityI'll direct that as the occasion demands Everything was extremely clear to him at this momentThe Japanese would be attacking tonight, probably against the entire line, but certainly against the flanksThe storm would have delayed Toyaku's troops in reaching their assembly points, and chances were he would be unable to hermes purse bring many tanks upIt could not be a probing attack, searching for weaknesses in the lineWith the mud and the sluggish maneuvering that would involve, Toyaku would have to drive at a few points, and hope he could break themThis, the General felt, he could handle"We're going to have some extremely powerful local attacks tonight," he said into the mouthpiece"I want you to contact all line gucci men's watch units and instruct them to hold their groundThere is to be no general retreat
    "Sir?" The voice at the other end of the phone was doubtful
    "If the Japs can penetrate, let themThe companies on the flanks of any gap in the line are to hold their positionsI'll court-martial any officer who pulls back his unit for tactical reasonsAnything that gets through us will be handled by the omega seamaster gmt reser
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    6:46 pm
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    "Everything," Scarlett wailed"Everything's gone wrong, Mammy
    "Hush, now, it's only one cupAnd you got another tea set anyhow,
    just as prettyYou kin still have your tea party just like Mammy
    promised you Scarlett drew tiffany cross back, horrifiedShe stared at Mammy's
    face and saw the shining love in the sunken eyes, eyes that did not
    see
    herShe couldn't stand itFirst Melanie, then
    Rhett, and now Mammy; everyone she loved had left her"Mammy," she omega seamaster vintage said loudly, "Mammy, listen to
    me She grabbed the edge of the mattress and tried to
    shake it"Look at me," she sobbed, "me, my faceYou've got to
    know
    me, Mammy Will's big hands closed around her
    wrists"You don't want to knock off louis vuitton do that," he saidHis voice was soft, but
    his grip was like iron"She's happy when she's like that, Scarlett
    She's back in Savannah taking care of your mother when she was a
    little
    girlThose were happy times for herShe cartier watches women was young; she was
    strong;
    she wasn't in pain Scarlett struggled to get free
    "But I want her to know me, WillI never told her how much she
    means
    to me
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    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    6:36 pm
    @@@@@He’s our link to CarlosThe Medusa
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    CarlosThe Medusa connection was a false lead, a stupid attempt by a stupid general in the
    Pentagon to put someone inside Gates’s inner legal circle
    “You’re sure of that?”
    “I am nowGates is a highly paid consultant to a law firm representing a megadefense contractor
    under antitrust scrutinyHe wouldn’t even return Swayne’s calls, which, if he did, would make him
    more stupid than Swayne, which he isn’t
    “That’s your problem, friend, not mineIf everything goes the way I intend it to go here, I don’t
    even want to hear about Snake LadyIn fact, I can’t remember ever having heard of it
    “Thanks for dumping it in my lap—and in a way I guess I mean thatIncidentally, the grammarschool
    notebook you grabbed from the gunslinger in Manassas has some interesting things in it
    “Oh?”
    “Do you remember those three frequent fliers from the Mayflower’s registry who flew into
    Philadelphia eight months ago and just happened to be at the hotel at the same time eight months
    later?”
    “Certainly
    “Their names are in Swayne’s Mickey Mouse loose-leafThey had nothing to do with Carlos;
    they’re part of MedusaIt’s a mother lode of disconnected information
    “I’m not interestedUse it in good health
    “We will, and very quietlyThat notebook’ll be on the most wanted list in a matter of days
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    142
    “I’m happy for you, but I’ve got work to do
    “And you refuse any help?”
    “AbsolutelyThis is what I’ve been waiting thirteen years forIt’s what I said at the beginning,
    it’s one on one
    “High Noon, you goddamn fool?”
    “No, the logical extension of a very intellectual chess game, the player with the better trap wins,
    and I’ve got that trap because I’m using hisHe’d smell out any deviation
    “We trained you too well, sch
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    6:36 pm
    @@@@@Tiaras and ermine are only for the
    @@@@@Tiaras and ermine are only for the grandest
    ceremonies at ourtMost particularly ermineIn all likelihood, it
    hasn't been worn ince Her Majesty's wedding Scarlett's eyes
    glittered"But I don't know all that, do I, MrsSims? I'm only an
    ignorant American who will become a countess vernightPeople are
    going to cluck-cluck and shake their heads no matter what I doSo
    I'm
    going to do what I want, the way I want t!" The misery in her heart
    became cutting imperiousness in her olceSims cringed
    inwardly
    Her agile mind swiftly sorted hrough Society gossip to identify
    Scarlett's future husbandThey'll e a well-matched pair, she
    thought
    Trample all decent tradition and e admired the more for itWhat was
    the world coming to? Still, a oman had to make her way in it, and
    people would be talking about he wedding for years to comeHer
    handiwork would be on display s never beforeIt must be
    magnificentSims' habitual haughty certainty returned
    "There's only one gown that will do justice to ermine and these
    rubies,"
    she said'White silk velvet with overlaid lace, Galway would be
    best
    Now ong do I have? The lace must be made, then sewn onto the
    velvet
    round each petal of each flower
    "Will five months do?" MrsSims' well-kept hands dishevelled her
    well-groomed hairIf I get two extra
    needlewomenif ,he nuns will do only this it will be the most
    talked-about weding in Ireland, in Britain It must be done, no
    matter wha
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    6:41 pm
    @@@@@He opened his mouth to speak, but nothing
    @@@@@He opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out
    I wanted to know what they were talking about, but Jared's presence made me silent, brought
    back the reserve I rarely felt the need for anymore
    “You can't save himYou can only save him pain, DocHis voice broke, like he was holding back a sob
    What's going on?I askedAs long as Melanie was going to be around, I might as well make use
    of her
    They're going to kill Walter,she told me matter-of-factlyhere's enough morphine to give him
    an overdose
    My gasp sounded loud in the quiet room, but it was really just a breathI didn't look up to see
    how the two healthy men would reactMy own tears pooled as I leaned over Walter's pillow
    You'd rather he died screaming?
    I just… I can't stand the… finalityI'll never see my friend again
    How many of your other friends have you gone back to visit, Wanderer?
    I've never had friends like this before
    My friends on other planets were all blurred together in my head; the souls were so similar,
    almost interchangeable in some waysWalter was distinctly himselfWhen he was gone, there
    would be no one who could fill his place
    I cradled Walter's head in my arms and let my tears fall onto his skinI tried to stifle my crying,
    but it made its way out regardless, a keening rather than sobsAnother first,Melanie whispered, and there was compassion in her toneCompassion for
    me–that was a first, too
    I just shook my head, not able to answer
    “I think you've been here too long,” he saidI felt his hand, light and warm, on my shoulde
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    6:46 pm
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    6:46 pm
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    my nose or something?" Suellen's voice set Scarlett's teeth on edge,
    but Tiffany Necklace she held on to her smileI was just
    remembering
    a silly dream I had last nightI dreamt we were all children again,
    and that Mammy was switching my legs with a switch from the peach
    tree
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    my own legs when she does Scarlett watched her sister's face"I'm
    surprised I don't have a million scars to this day," she said"I was
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    up with me She buttered a biscuit as if it were her only spy bag fendi concernú
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    6:38 pm
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    was emptySuddenly, from above there was an explosion, blowing out a whole section of stained
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    “You’re out of bullets,” said Carlos to the stunned Jason Bourne below“Thirteen years, Delta,
    thirteen loathsome yearsBut now they’ll know who won
    The Jackal raised his gun and fired
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    158
    17
    The searing ice-cold heat ripped through his neck as Bourne lunged over the pews, crashing down
    between the second and third rows, smashing his head and his hermes bag hips on the glistening brown wood as
    he clawed at the floorHis vision spun out of control as a cloud of darkness enveloped himIn the
    distance, far, far away, he heard the sound of voices shouting hystericallyThen the darkness was
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    did not care to acknowledge“David, can you hear me?”
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    came into focus; on his left was a man he did not know, a middle-aged man with a level, steady
    gaze“Carlos,” Jason managed to say, finding his voice“It was the Jackal!”
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    visual and radio contactHe’s calling it a ‘drug exercise,’ very quiet and very officialA few boats
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
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    shoes, draw the occasional picture
    He laughed too hard and set the picture back down
    on the desk"Don't look much like Minnesota,
    dere," he said, doing a Swedish accent
    "I copied it out of a book," I saidI had
    actually used a deville watch photograph from a Realtor's
    brochureIt had been taken from the so-called
    "Florida room" of Salmon Point, the place I had
    just leased for a yearI had never been in
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    35
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    first time since the accident, I felt actual
    anticipationIt was thin, pasha cartier watch but it was there"What
    can I do for you, Tom? If it's about the business-
    "
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    with this divorce business
    "I never thought she wouldn't
    I still didn't remember choking her, but I
    remembered the look in her eyes when she told me I
    hadAnd there was this: once Pam started down a
    road, she rarely turned around
    "She wants to know if chanel white watch you're going to be using
    Bozie
    I had to smile at thatWilliam Bozeman III was a
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    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    6:50 pm
    @@@@@ “Easy? Cutting your –” I interrupted Ian
    @@@@@
    “Easy? Cutting your –”
    I interrupted Ian quickly“That was an emergencyI won't have to do that again I paused for
    a second“If she goes, I'm going, too,” he said in a bleak tone“Someonehas to protect her
    from herself
    “And I'll be there to protect the rest of us fromher, ” Kyle said with a chuckleThen he grunted
    and said, “Ow
    I was too tired to lift my head to see who had hit Kyle now
    “And I'll be there to bring you all back alive,” Jared murmured
    CHAPTER 47
    Employed
    This is too easyIt's not really even fun anymore,” Kyle complained
    “You wanted to come,” Ian reminded him
    He and Ian were in the windowless back of the van, sorting through the nonperishable
    groceries and toiletries I'd just collected from the storeIt was the middle of the day, and the sun
    was shining on WichitaIt was not as hot as the Arizona desert, but it was more humidThe air
    swarmed with tiny flying bugs
    Jared drove toward the highway out of town, carefully keeping below the speed limitThis
    continued to irritate him
    “Getting tired of shopping yet, Wanda?” Ian asked me
    “You always say thatIsn't thereanything you mind?”
    “I mind… being away from JamieAnd I mind being outside, a little bitDuring the day
    especiallyIt's like the opposite of claustrophobia
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    9:44 pm
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    'Hara has been found againI lift this glass for all the O'Haras in a
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    an
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    Then, from a corner, a fiddle began to playJamie's beautiful
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    piesShe bent over to show them to Patricia and Scarlett, then
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    and
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    everyone laughed and clappedThe drama of the procession was irresistible"Now
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    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    6:43 pm
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    A staccato volley of automatic gunfire burst from the shadows of the tunnel’s parking area
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    nihilistic mobocracy now reigned supremeThe narrow, fenced entrance to the tunnel was virtually
    stormed, racing figures colliding, pummeling, climbing over one another, rushing en masse toward
    the mouth of the underwater accessJason pulled his young trainer to the side of the stampeding
    hordes, never for an instant taking his eyes off the darkened parking area
    “Can you operate the tunnel’s machinery?” he shouted
    “Yes! Everyone on the senior staff can, it’s part of the job!”
    “The iron gates you told me about?”
    “Of course
    “Where are the mechanisms?”
    “The guardhouse
    “Get in there!” yelled Bourne, taking one of the three remaining flares out of his field jacket
    pocket and handing it to Benjamin“I’ve got two more of these and two other grenadesWhen
    you see one of my flares go over the crowd, lower those gates on this side—only this side,
    understood?”
    “What for?”
    “My rules, Ben! Do it! Then ignite this flare and throw it out the window so I’ll know it’s done
    “Then what?”
    “Something you may not want to do, but you have toTake the ‘forty-seven’ from the
    colonel’s body and force the crowd, shoot it back into the streetRapid fire into the ground in front
    of them—or above them—do whatever you have to do, even if it means wounding a fewWhatever
    the cost, it must be doneI have to find him, isolate him, above all, cut him off from everyone else
    trying to get out
    “You’re a goddamned maniac,” broke in Benjamin, the veins pronounced in his forehead“I
    could kill ‘a few’—more than a few! You’re crazy!”
    “At this moment I’m the most rational man you’ve ever met,” interrupted Jason harshly, rapidly,
    as the panicked residents of Novgorod kept rushing by“There’s not a sane general in the Soviet
    army—the same army that retook Stalingrad—who wouldn’t agree with meIt’s called the
    ‘calculated estimate of losses,’ and there’s a very good reason for that lousy verbiageIt simply
    means you’re paying a lot less for what you’re getting now than you’d pay later
    “You’re asking too much! These people are my comrades, my friends; they’re RussiansWould
    you fire into a crowd of Americans? One recoil of my hands—an inch, two inches with a ‘fortyseven’—
    and I could maim or kill half a dozen people! The risk’s too great!”
    “You don’t have a choiceIf the Jackal gets by me—and I’ll know it if he does—I’ll throw in a
    grenade and kill tw
    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
    7:13 pm
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    tiny adjustment, faced the watching audience,
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    Friday, December 10th, 2010
    6:50 pm
    @@@@@Although his salary went up, his choices
    @@@@@Although his salary went up, his choices diminishedSoon after he was locked out of government work, he found out how vulnerable he really was professionallyIt is like professional athletes who suddenly are injured or are too old to playTheir once high-paying position is gone, and they have limited skills to fall back onI think that is why my educated dad sided so much with unions after thatHe realized how much a union would have benefited him
    Rich dad encouraged Mike and me to know a little about a lotHe encouraged us to work with people smarter than we were and to bring smart people together to work as a teamToday it would be called a synergy of professional specialities
    Today, I meet ex-schoolteachers earning hundreds of thousands of dollars a yearThey earn that much because they have specialized skills in their field as well as other skillsThey can teach as well as sell and marketI know of no other skills to be more important than selling as well as marketingThe skills of selling and marketing are difficult for most people primarily due to their fear of rejectionThe better you are at communicating, negotiating and handling your fear of rejection, the easier life isJust as I advised that newspaper writer who wanted to become a "best-selling author," I advise anyone else today Being technically specialized has its strengths as well as its weaknesses I have friends who are geniuses, but they cannot communicate effectively with other human beings and, as a result, their earnings are pitiful I advise them to just spend a year learning to sellEven if they earn nothing, their communication skills will improveAnd that is priceless
    In addition to being good learners, sellers and marketers, we need to be good teachers as well as good studentsTo be truly rich, we need to be able to give as well as to receiveIn cases of financial or professional struggle, there is often a lack of giving and receivingI know many people who are poor because they are neither good students nor good teache
    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
    6:50 pm
    @@@@@They damn sure needed a new latrine He
    @@@@@They damn sure needed a new latrine
    He lifted himself, did a makeshift job with the sodden paper which had become drenched in the night's rainThere ought to be some better way of making a cover for it than to use a NoThe Major tried to think of some other way to keep the paper dryWhat a lazy day it was
    He got up and stopped off at officers' mess to get a can of iced beer"How're you doin', Major?" one of the cooks askedSomething was bothering him"Oh, yeah, listen, O'Brien, I been gettin' the GIs againYou keeping your pots clean?"
    "You ought to know, Major
    He grunted again, looked about under the tent at the empty wooden tables, the benches flanking themThe gray metal officers' dishes were already laid out"You oughtn't to make the setting too early," the Major said"It just lets the flies horse around on them
    "Okay, do something about it He waited until O'Brien started collecting the plates, and then walked across the bivouac to the operations tentHe saw a few enlisted men lying in their pup tents, and it irritated himHe was wondering which platoon they were in when he remembered the reportHe moved toward the operations tent, picked up the phone, and ordered Windmill to send a platoon fully equipped up to the deserted Jap bivouac"And lay some wire right with themI want a report in half an hour
    "They won't get there till then
    "That's all rightThe moment they occupy it, you let me know
    Time dragged by under the heated canv
    Monday, December 6th, 2010
    7:06 pm
    @@@@@ At least her son was taking her placeShe
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    At least her son was taking her placeShe saw her new lawyer in
    Atlanta after the Tara visit, and she made a will, leaving her
    two-thirds share of Tara to her sonShe wasn't going to do like her
    father, and her Uncle Daniel, and leave a mess behind herAnd if Will
    died first, she didn't trust Suellen an inchScarlett signed the
    document with a flourish, and then she was freeTo go back to her
    CatWho healed all Scarlett's hurts in a secondThe baby's face lit
    up when she saw her, and the little arms reached out to her, and Cat
    even wanted to be hugged, and tolerated being kissed a dozen times
    "She looks so brown and healthy!" Scarlett exclaimed"And no
    wonder
    to it," said Maureen"She loves the sunshine that much, she takes off
    her bonnet the minute your back is turnedLittle gypsy is what she
    is, and a joy every hour of the day
    "Of the day and the night," Scarlett amended, holding Cat close
    Stephen gave Scarlett her instructions for the trip back to Galway
    She didn't like themTruth to tell, she didn't much like Stephen
    eitherBut Colum had told her Stephen was in charge of all
    arrangements, so she donned her mourning clothes and kept her
    complaints to herselfThe ship was named The widen Fleece and it
    was
    the latest thing in luxuryScarlett had no quibble with the size or
    the comfort of her suiteBut it did not make a direct crossingIt
    took a week longer, and she was anxious to get back to Ballyhara to
    see
    how the crops were faringIt was not until she was actually on the
    gangplank that she saw the big Notice of Departure with the ship's
    itinerary, or she would have refused to go, no matter what Stephen
    saidThe Golden Fleece loaded passengers in Savannah, Charleston,
    and
    Boston, disembarked them in Liverpool and GalwayScarlett turned in
    panic, ready to run back to the dockShe couldn't go to Charleston,
    she just couldn't!
    Rhett would know she was on the ship-Rhett always knew everything,
    somehow-and he'd walk right into her stateroom and take Cat aw
    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
    6:40 pm
    @@@@@ He lets go of my arm and grabs my hairHe's
    @@@@@
    He lets go of my arm and grabs my hairHe's going to cut my throatI brace for
    the slice of the knife
    But the hand on my throat eases up, and then his fingers are fumbling on the back of my neck,
    rough and warm on my skin
    “Impossible,” he breathes
    Something hits the floor with a thudHe's dropped the knife? I try to think of a way to get itThe hand on my neck isn't tight enough to keep me from yanking freeI think I
    heard where the blade landed
    He spins me around suddenlyThere is a click, and light blinds my left eyeI gasp and
    automatically try to twist away from itHis hand tightens in my hairThe light flickers to my
    right eye
    “I can't believe it,” he whispers
    His hands grab my face from both sides, and before I can pull free, his lips come down hard on
    mine
    I'm frozen for half a secondNo one has ever kissed me in my lifeJust my
    parents' pecks on the cheek or forehead, so many years agoThis is something I thought I would
    never feelI'm not sure exactly what it feels like, thoughThere's too much panic, too much
    terror, too much adrenaline
    I jerk my knee up in a sharp thrust
    He chokes out a wheezing sound, and I'm freeInstead of running for the front of the house
    again like he expects, I duck under his arm and leap through the open doo
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