Chapter 14

Martha's POV

My father had come back to the house furious, he had heard a roumour which had spread, it had spread like wild fire between the slaves and it reached his ears in the next county, I had never seen my father this furious, he was mannered and would always tell us to knock before entry but today he had barged into my room fuming like a wild beast whose home had been attacked.

"Is it true!!! he yelled.

I just stare at him in confusion, is it true that you have been sleeping with that slave boy?

I don't answer and he walks towards me, I could tell immediately that he was about to hit me but then he stops and yells pack your bags you are going to see your uncle for a while.

And as he goes out of the room I wipe cold sweat and begin to pack my clothes just as my father had instructed, tears ran down my face as I tried to think of who would had told my father because I knew Elaine, she would have waited for him to get back and by then I would have thought of something, I would have thought of something better to say, something that would have been perfect to listen to, but now there was nothing to say, nothing to do but move to uncle jonah's home.

I quickly packed my bags and readied myself for the journey, I would go and meet with him for the last time and say goodbye before I leave tomorrow and as I thought about him the memory from the lake came to mind as I held him close to my chest, I thought about what would have happened if Elaine had not come, I thought about all that would have happened if only Kal and I had been at the river.

And then it occoured to me, someone would have told Elaine about us, t hug e other slave boy who kept smiling like a freak, he was the only one who knew where we were.

I quickly rushed downstairs and through the kitchen I made my way fast to the slave quarters undetected, I felt a rush in my body and pride filled me whole jus as fright did too, I walked slowly until I came to his cabin where he stayed and climbed a large stone by the window, and as I looked into the room I could see Kal, the oil lamp held the sways of his him in plain view as he enjoyed himselfmy stomach knotted continously as u watched unable to pull my eyes away, my heart I could feel it tear apart as he continued his strokes.

Nothing mattered like I and him together, but it seemed it was all in my head, as I turned to go I heard him call my name, i was shocked, did he see me I asked myself but I knew the answer to that question, I knew he did not see me.

But I had to check, I could not hold back, I need to know, as I claimed back on the stone by his window, he called my name again gently, he was moaning my name, he was thinking of me while he was with her, I waited to hear him call my name more before I heard footsteps.

I knew who it was and I had to run the other way, it would be bad if my father or any of his men saw me, I moved to the end of the carbons and folled through the front, all their attention was on him as they stood and watched Mr Morris pull him towards the Main house.

And as he dragged Kal I rushed and went back to the house before father came back home, I was in my room changing when I heard a knock on the door, it was father he had come to see me.

This slave that you like he said, we found him with another slave while we went to capture him.

I pretend not to know, trying to look confused as my father continued"he had been with you in the afternoon and by night he was with another, like a dog he does not know how to stay with one woman, how and why do you even like him, he is a slave.

I love him papa I said as tears rolled down my eyes, I love him.

You will have to go to your uncles place until you find a suitor, you will not come here again,until you are married, you have brought shame to this house and you should make amends, I have sent word to your uncle and his wife and they Will be glad to receive you."

He says as he makes his way to the door, he shuts it gently as I cry my eyes out, I should have stopped but the end of his verdict made my tears run free, he was sending me out until someone marries me, it meant I would not be able to come here any longer.

I stayed up until dawn and the carriage had come for me from my uncles place, my father had requested my uncle to come take me, he had done that so no one would know where I was.

And the man had come too early, I heard a knock on the door and My father came into my room to take my stuff downstairs himself.

He load them in the carriage and helped me into it, I could see the dissatisfied look on his face, there was no other look, he wasn't sorry, he would not miss me, and as the carriage pulled away he turned and went inside.

I knew I was on my own, I knew there was nothing I could do now, it is impossible for Kal to travel by foot to my uncle's county in the west, Ihe would be caught by slavers and resold.

This is the end, this is where it ends for us.