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Nowhere to Hide
Chapter Two
Scarlett was afraid. She had sent Rhett the letter about a month ago and hadn't received a word from him. She prayed he would come, prayed that she was right and that he hadn't changed. Fenton was enraged to learn that she had written him, even more so because she had led everyone to believe that she was a widow. He had been even more violent as of late. Fortunately, she had managed to divert his attention away from her darling daughter and the rest of her family. However, that only made it worse on her.
'Rhett,' she thought. 'Please hurry. I know that you don't love me anymore, but please come, for Cat, for our daughter!'
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He was going to kill her! How dare she keep something like this from him? She knew how much this would mean to him. Oh, Scarlett was going to pay, Rhett silently vowed as he walked toward the house. Last time he saw her, he was so sure that she had matured, become more of an adult. He thought that these cruel games of hers were over.
Angrily, he knocked on the door with as much restraint as possible.
The door swung open to reveal her, but she was different. He couldn't put his finger on it, but there was something off about Scarlett's appearance. Her eyes were dull, her hair listless. She looked sickly. His anger slowly evaporated and suspicion took its place. What was the real reason she had revealed their child at this time?
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She opened the door with trepidation. It could be him. Slowly, she looked up to see the form of Rhett Butler standing in front of her. She could have sighed in relief, but she kept it in. No need to make him even more suspicious. Because that was what he had become when he took in her appearance. Oh, this wouldn't do at all.
"Won't you come in, Rhett? I'm sure you want an explanation," she said, ushering him into the sitting room.
"I would like one, Scarlett," he replied candidly, taking the seat she offered.
"Well," she said, sitting down herself. "I am sorry I didn't tell you before. I was going to, only, you divorced me before I could. Then I came here, and decided to stay. The next time I saw you, you were already married to Anne. I knew how you were with your children. You would have wanted to take her from me. At the time, I couldn't have bared that at the time."
"And what changed, Scarlett? Why do you want me to take her now?" Rhett asked, knowing there was something more to this than a new lover.
With him piercing her with those eyes that she knew would see through any lie she could invent, she didn't know what to say. She couldn't tell him the truth. He probably wouldn't care anyway. She decided to just sidestep the question.
"That doesn't matter, Rhett. Would you like to meet your daughter?"
Tbc…
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