Secret Thoughts: Erotique
Chapter One
It was midnight when Emmeline put away the last of the mess Martha had made in
the kitchen taking her bath. She'd have thought her cousin was nine instead of
nineteen the way she splashed and acted.
She was absolutely miserable and as exhausted as she ever remembered being. She
stepped out on the back porch and threw the last bucket of water out. She yelped
in surprise to find Uncle Virgil standing on the porch, smoking.
"Uncle Virgil! I didn't know you smoked."
His face was illuminated in the glow of the cigar as he took a puff. He was
grinning a bit.
"Neither does your aunt, so don't tell, okay?"
Emmeline smiled back. "Won't say a thing."
She turned the bucket over and sat down, scratching her filthy head. What she
wouldn't give for a bath herself.
Uncle Virgil sat down on the steps next to her.
"I'm sorry your aunt has been so hard on you."
Emmeline shrugged. "Life gives you only as much as you can take."
"I reckon that's rightly so, sugar," he drawled. "You know, there's a pond not
too far from here. I'll bet on a night like ton ... read full excerpt from: Secret Thoughts: Erotique ebook
