The cabin door slammed. Making Brianne jump.
"what was that?" The older girl's face was hard and spiteful.
Brianne gulped. "he's just a friend, Mary."
"Oh and I believe that, he was carrying you over the threshold!"
"We were no where near the threshold!"
Mary rested one hand on her hip then frowned. "well he was about to carry you over the threshold."
"Do you think I would let him carry me over the threshold after what happened to me?" she turned on her heal then sat down on her bed.
The other girl sighed. "I know, Bree and that's why I don't want it to happen again. He's just like John they all are."
But there was something different about Jack. John would never offer to carry a girl he barley knew home for nothing in return.
"But Mary-"
"Do I have to remind you what that man did to you. Do you need to look at those bruises again, Bree?"
She sighed. "nothing was about to happen."
"how do you know that Bree?" Mary demanded stomping her foot. "You're too easy with your heart. What's to stop you from being wooed into another marriage?"
"I won't Mary!" Brianne snapped. "For the good Lord's sake I made a mistake. Do I need to keep being reminded of it every where I go?"
The other girl's shy eyes skimmed the floor. Then lifted up to the cradle where baby Sarah was sleeping . "I am."
A sharp pain stabbed Breanne's chest. How could she be so stupid? She looked at baby Sarah sleeping in the crib. She gingerly crossed her arms over her chest making her shoulders grown small. "I'm sorry Mary, I won't see Jack again."
"thank you."
She sighed. Then collapsed down onto her back.
Jack Dawkins
But than again, she couldn't afford to give her heart away to anyone right now.