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R E D E E M I N G L O V E

both going to have to deal with it. So was he. He faced the road again and

was silent for a long time. “Why did you go back? I just don’t get it.”

She closed her eyes, searching for a good enough reason. She could find

none and swallowed hard. “To get my gold,” she said bleakly. Admitting it

aloud made her feel small and hollow.

“What for?”

“I want a little cabin in the woods.”

“You’ve already got one.”

She could hardly speak past the lump of pain in her chest. She pressed

her hand against it. “I want to be free, Michael. Just once in my whole life.

Free!” Her voice broke. She bit her lip and clutched at the side of the wagon

seat so hard the wood dug into her hands.

Michael’s face softened. The anger vanished but not the hurt, not the sorrow.

“You are free. You just don’t know it yet.”

It was a long, quiet ride back to the valley.

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