Chapter 65

"Look at me when you talk to me."

I turn and glared at Joseph. His face tells me that he will not take "no" for an answer. Instead of being afraid, I’m angry. Angry that he dares to speak to me as if I am lowly. I never wanted to be with him in the first place. He made me fall for him. This is not the man that I fell in love with. I curtsy to him, like we are taught in school. That only enrages him further.

For a second, I drop my anger as sadness comes in,"Where did my Joseph go? The one that I named the baby after." I ask him in a bare whisper.

"So the baby is well? Where is he?" he has a look of hope in his eyes and for a moment he looks like my