Chapter 66

"May I remind you of my condition." Fury snapped her gaze back, from the whores, from him. Did galloping idiocy run in Susan's family? If so she must move Storm. She didn't want the child raised by half-wits. "So that's hardly likely. Anyway, if you think for one minute I'm staying here and taking him anywhere near Storm, I'd sooner cut my throat. That was just a pretend offer so he'd take us ashore." She shrugged and glanced out at the swelling waves.

It was true though. The choice had never been about Storm and this child. The choice was between letting him have the few days or not. She'd determined not.

Only, on reflection, it troubled her that she hadn't been more amenable. Why couldn't she have sailed into that cabin and said, of course Flint, take the whole week? Knowing it wouldn't be any trouble. But how could she very well give him a week when so much time was ticking by?

"Well, madam, it just seems a lot more sensible somehow."

"What?"