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They were taking a leisurely ride to their destination and having a great
conversation while going. She was learning more about Simon as well. He
liked to fish and to read, and he promised to find her some of his favorite
books so she could enjoy them like he did.
Delight sighed wistfully. “There is two things. I want to wear a fancy
dress, go into town, and sit in a fancy hotel for dinner, and then have a bath
in a real porcelain bathtub.”
“What’s the next thing?”
“To lie in the green grass and look up at the stars and know the land I’m
on is ours and no one can take it from me. To know that no one is going to
think less of me because of the color of my skin or my heritage. What’s mine
will be mine, and they will know I worked just as hard for it as any other. The
color of my skin won’t make a damn difference, and no one can say you
belong to me because they think I’m a lesser human being.”
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Delight knew her voice got husky with tears because she was thinking of
her parents. Her mother had asked repeatedly for them to go to Canada. Her
father was a proud man who thought he’d fought and bled for the country
and no one should take it from him. He wanted to fight for what was his,
and it had cost them their lives. They would never get to taste the sweet air
of freedom because even though he had papers saying he was no longer
cowed, he was still killed as if he meant nothing. Delight was determined that
her children, when she had them, would never feel that way. With Simon in
her life, the thought of family was not such a distant dream.
“You will have your dreams. I’ll make sure of it.” Simon’s voice was
quiet, yet full of determination.
“Are you sure you love me?” Delight couldn’t help but doubt.
“I love you, Delight. I would die for you,” Simon said firmly. “You have
my heart for eternity.”
“And you have mine,” Delight said softly.
He reached out his hand, and Delight brought her horse closer and
extended out her small one to be enclosed in his. Together, as the horses
trotted on, the two of them rode holding hands, both of them unwilling to
let go.
That night around the campfire, the men joked and talked at ease while
her stomach clenched with nervousness. How will tomorrow play out? For all her
bravado, Delight was deathly afraid something would go wrong. Simon gave
her a curious look, and it was as if he could see the frazzled nerves inside her.
Simon stood and held out his hand to her. “We’re going to walk before
we bunk down.”
“That’s what you call it now?” Joe snorted and took a sip of his coffee.
Clem shoved his shoulder. “Leave them younguns alone. I’ve known you
for fifteen years, and with your whoring, who knows how many kids you got
out there?”
Joe gave a short laugh. “And I’ll be whoring for fifteen more, God
willing.”
Jack said nothing, but the smile on his face showed that he was listening
to the conversation. Delight felt her face warm with embarrassment, but took
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Simon’s hand anyway and walked with him into the dark night. They were
camped by an outcropping of rocks, one of many in this area of Silver
Springs. Both of them were silent as they passed huge cacti that loomed in
the night.
“You have the jitters about tomorrow,” Simon said knowingly.
Delight gave a husky laugh. “Till I feel sick to the stomach.”
He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer. “It’s all
going to be fine. It’s soon over, and we’ll be heading to Canada.”
His closeness reassured her and made Delight feel secure. She moved to
stand in front of him, stopping him with her hands against his chest. “That
makes me nervous too. I don’t want you . . . I mean, I love you, Simon. But I
don’t want you to feel some kind of obligation to go with me to Canada.”
Simon shook his head. “You think I feel pressured to go with you.”
Delight sighed. “I can’t expect anything from you because we shared a
bed. You didn’t have to tell me you loved me or any of that stuff. Why would
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