#215 Seduction
First was Bernard, of course. He was so beautiful then. Elegant and educated, nothing like the men I grew up around. It took me a long time to get over thinking there was anything wrong with those station hands. Most of them didn't have a mean bone in their bodies.
And there were the men, and sometimes their women, Bernard taught me to entice. They were as beautiful as he, but even more shallow. Because they were on their holiday they thought they were allowed to break all the rules, but broken rules get you into trouble no matter where you are.
Lovely Christine who couldn't believe her luck at finding someone just like her. Darling Gavin who wanted so badly to make me a princess, but couldn't get past wanting to be normal. Sweet Ella who didn't understand how controlling her family was.
When I let Evan win me over, some part of me stayed won, I think. Not to him, of course, but to dear Gwen, who will always be my hope.
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And there were the men, and sometimes their women, Bernard taught me to entice. They were as beautiful as he, but even more shallow. Because they were on their holiday they thought they were allowed to break all the rules, but broken rules get you into trouble no matter where you are.
Lovely Christine who couldn't believe her luck at finding someone just like her. Darling Gavin who wanted so badly to make me a princess, but couldn't get past wanting to be normal. Sweet Ella who didn't understand how controlling her family was.
When I let Evan win me over, some part of me stayed won, I think. Not to him, of course, but to dear Gwen, who will always be my hope.
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