Chapter 2 Firewood

The morning sun is shining through the small window of the room I'm led in bed it's so cold I do not want to get out the bed; I lay there for about five minutes then get out the bed and start to get ready for the day. Once I am ready I start to walk through the house looking at the mess from last night then clean up the rooms. It's been two days since the drunken man incident I have not seen him or Henry York since. I told the prostitutes about what happened Rose the most protective one wanted to find the drunken man and hurt him. I find that we need more firewood so I put on my dark blue cloak on grab my wicker basket and head for the door. I step outside and see Henry York the other side of the street looking straight at me; I blush and start to walk with my head down. Now he knows that I live in a brothel everyone knows where the brothel is in this town the number of men that visit the brothel is unbelievable. I wonder why he is was there for a moment then I can hear someone call my name I turn to see who it is and its Henry he's walking towards me with a big grin.

"Um Hello" I mumble.

"Where are you going" He asks, smiling down at me.

"To get some firewood" I blush, knotting my hands together.

"May I company you?"

"Um it's a long walk" I mumble, looking down at the wicker basket.

"I like long walks" He says, grinning at me.

We start to walk I really don't know him but I'm walking to find firewood with him, then I stop walking and look up at him.

"I'm not a prostitute" I blurt out looking down at floor "You seen me coming out of the brothel I just live there" I say, blushing

"I know"

"How?" I mutter, looking up at him.

"Your too shy and you blush every time you look at me" he says, smiling.

My heart starts to pound my breath becomes shallower he's so close I blush some more looking up at him.

"Were are we going" He asks, as we start to walk.

"Robins Wood Hill" I say.

We walk in silence for a while he doesn't keep his eyes off me I do not understand why it makes me feel uncomfortable I try to kill the silence.

"Do you live here" I ask, looking up at him.

"No ... I am staying here for a mouth or two there is a lot of stuff that needs cleaning up here I live in London" He says, looking down at me.

"Cleaning up here?" I ask, bravely.

"The system here is not very good" he says, matter of faculty for some reason I know that he is not telling me everything.

"How old are you" he asks, I think he's changing the subject.

"Seventeen" I blush.

"That's very young" I feel older then that mush older with all the things I've seen living in a brothel.

Once we get to the hill I collect the firewood he tells me about his life in London and that he's a knight my eyes nearly popped out my head when he told me. I told him about my childhood and about my mother dyeing when I was nine from syphilis, he seam upset when I told him like he understood somehow. When I was finished he took the basket off me and carried it we walk back talking about Gloucestershire and that I've never lived anywhere else, He told me that he has been everywhere in Europe. We get back into town and he walks me right to the door of the brothel and gives be back my basket.

"Thank you for a lovely day" He says, smiling down at me.

"It was very nice talking to you" I say, shyly looking up at him then the door opens and Rose walks out the door when I look up at her she's glaring at Henry.

"And who are you" she asks, cockily raising one eyebrow at Henry.

"ROSE" I say, shocked trying to stop her, there is know need in talking to him like that when I look up at Henry I can see the fury in his eyes.

"Well" She says, looking up at him.

"Rose he is being kind he's the man that stopped the drunken man and just helped me get the wood for the fire" I say, before Henry gets a word in.

"Men don't do kind Adele they want you for one thing and one thing only" she says, looking discussed at Henry.

"You think you can talk to me like that you filthy whore" He growls, stepping forward towards her.

I can see the panic in her, her eyes widen as she steps back

"Stop Henry" I whisper, I do not want him to hurt her she is only looking after me I know that she is being very rude about it but that's just Rose.

He stops for a minute tensing then he looks back at me then back to her "You ever talk to me like that a again I will tear you to pieces understand" he warned

She nods then Henry turns to me he still looks angrily "I bid you good day Adele" He says, storming off.


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