It had been three whole days since Kate had last seen Jack. Kate remembered very clearly their encounter that they shared last, she was so sure that he was going to spend the night with her, but after making love to her for the second time he left just like that. Kate waited till she knew for sure that he had left her room then the tears came spilling out of her. She felt so used and that there was only one reason that he kept her around was just for sex. The question that kept burning in her mind over the last three days of not seeing him was why did she even care? Kate could not answer this question, how can you miss someone that you loathe, Kate just thought it was because she was lonely in general and really had nothing to do with Jack.

Kate was adjusting to her new life at the Shepherd estate. Learning and following all the rules that where set in place. However, whenever Kate thought she was alone she tired to make it outside, but was always caught by Rose.

"I don't think so little missy!" Rose would always say as she grabbed her by the hair and then swatting her on the bum. Which in return she would get an eye roll from Kate, Jack must have told her about my special rule Kate thought to herself.

Kate hated that she could not go outside to roam or climb trees. It was almost if a little part of her was dying each day that she could not go outside. Then adding on wearing these horrible dresses , Kate felt has if she was a wild animal that had just been caught, then stuffed and hung on the wall never to go out in nature again. This was not the only thing that Kate hated about her new life. Kate could not stand Jack's other two wives or his sons. They were meaner than a snake is what Kate's Mother would have said about them. Kate never understood this saying and found no truth in snakes being mean. Regardless of the saying that Kate found untrue, one thing was for sure Juliet, Sarah and their sons were despicable. They ordered the maids around and treated them as if they were animals. The little boy's would spit on them. Kate could not believe that they were this horrible and she wondered if Jack knew how bad his family was. For the past three days Kate had made an art form out of avoiding the little Shepherd clan, which was not to difficult considering the size of this so called house. She only had one encounter with the oldest son. As she was running out of a room that the blond twins had just entered she ran right into him.

"So you're my father's new toy?" the oldest barked at her.

"Excuse me? I am not a toy I am just the same as your mother I am Master Shepherd's wife." He would have been handsome young man, if it where not for his horrible personality. That he must have inherited from his mother Kate thought.

"Let's think about this, you were bought like a toy and you are just used as something that my father can play with."

Kate was about to reel into him, but she herd Juliet and Sarah around the corner. With that she took off without another word. She could not believe this boy's nerve, but what bothered Kate the most was that he was right.

The emotion that Kate felt the most over her time as Mrs. Shepherd was boredom. Being a farmer's daughter Kate was use to work filled days. As his wife she did not have to lift a finger and it drove her crazy. What she did most was explore the mansion which she had still yet to complete her map of the place.

While exploring Kate herd a ruckuses coming from one of the many rooms that she had yet to explore. There were about five maids around Juliet dressing her, doing her hair and make up. There was only one maid who stood back watching the chaos; she was the one maid that was cold and distant to her. Kate's curiosity got the best of her and she tried to talk to the maid that seemed to hate her for some reason.

"What is going on? Why is everyone around Juliet?"

The maid just looked at Kate with a blank stare and cocked her eyebrows at her. She was pretty, but the harshness set on her face made it difficult to see so. Then after a while she finally spoke.

"There getting her ready for a dinner tonight that she must attend with Master Shepherd. Only the first wives can go." She added at the very end almost to rub it in her face.

" Oh I see" Kate felt a pain in her stomach at this statement and at the time she would not know what this felling was, but later on she would realize that it was jealousy.

Kate could just not stand there and continue to watch this scene, so she went back to her exploring. What Kate found next made her eyes go big with excitement. It was the house's library which was filled with more books than Kate had seen in her entire life. Back home they only had two or three books. Which her father taught her and her brothers to read from, this was a very rare trait that a farmer could read and the fact that his children could as well was even more of a rare case. Kate did not know where to begin so she just grabbed a few books and placed herself at a table and began to read.

Kate was not sure how many hours had passed, but a sound of someone coming into the library brought her out of the fictional world that she had entered. It was him Kate stood up right away and she waved her hand meekly at her side.

"Hi" she whispered

"Hi yourself, I was unaware of the fact that you like to read."

Kate just nodded her head in return. Turning her gaze to the ground, she was unsure how to act around him. All she wanted to do was yell at him and ask him where he had been for the past three days, but she was taught that this would have been something a lady would never do. This was one of the many rules that she learned over the past four days.

God did he miss her, Jack was always taken aback at her beauty, but after not seeing her for three days it was if he was seeing her for the first time.

"You look very elegant in your dress."

Kate had to bite her tongue, then when she got control of her anger. She returned her eyes back to his, "You think so Master Shepherd?" her tone was pleasant, but her eyes told a different story.

"Yes I do think so you are dressed as a proper lady."

Truth be told Jack did not like the dress on her it just did not seem to fit her for some reason. It was covering up her true nature. All of a sudden he had this strong urge to set her free. Jack walked right up and reached behind her head and undid her bun letting all of her brown curls fall over her shoulders. Then he brought his hands up to her hair engulfing them amongst her curls. Jack brought her closer to him and he began to passionately kiss her. It was almost if he was putting three days worth of kisses into this one. Jack then moved his hand down to the back of her dress and began to untie the dress releasing her from the very dress that he forced her to wear.

Kate had missed his lips and his strong arms holding her. "Wait! What is wrong with me?" Kate thought to herself and she could not believe with just a kiss she was about to forget how he had treated her. She was going to put a stop to this.

"No!" was all she could breath out. Trying to not show how bad she wanted him as well.

"What did you say?"

"You herd me! I said NO."

"I'm sorry, but have you forgotten your place as my wife?" Jack sneered into her ear and making his grip on her tighter.

If Kate had forgot her anger a moment ago it was back now in full force. "Well husband of mine could you please enlighten me on what that exactly means to be your wife, because I'm beginning to think that all a wife is to you is simply just a porcelain doll! You dress me in these horrible clothes, I can't go outside, you have your with me and then once your done you put me back on the shelf till your ready to use me again!"

Jack was speechless never in his life has someone man or woman spoken to him in that manner. Jack let go of her and took a few steps back. "Kate were is all this coming from?"

Kate's anger was now replaced with tears that she kept trying to keep at bay. "Your son he told me that I was your new toy."

"Kate you can't let something a boy said to you get in your head."

"No Jack! What he said was true. You just left me all alone after sleeping with me and then I don't see you for three days."

Jack did not know why, but he could not stand to see her cry. He had to remain strong he could not break, just because Kate let a few tears go.

"Kate you're not the only one that needs me. I have a major shipping company that I must run, my sons and my other wives that need me as well. Speaking of which I have a dinner that I must attend with Juliet tonight, we will finish this later when I return."

At this point Kate was not trying to hide the tears that were falling down her face. She looked him right in his brown eyes and a part of her knew that she was getting to his core. "Whatever you want Jack."

"Look Kate I really don't want to leave you like this, but I really must get going. Tell me that you're going to be ok?"

"Just go Jack! Don't brother coming to see me tonight. I will be fine, instead carry out one of the many other duties that you have in your life."

Jack gave her a nod in agreement and then went up to her and placed a kiss on her cheek. As Jack was walking away he felt a huge pain in his heart. He could never tell her that he stayed away on purpose. She was getting to him changing the way he ran his orderly life and to be honest it scared him. He did what he thought the best way was to gain his control back. By not seeing her until he was sure that he could handle his emotions.