Post by Raynesleigh on Jun 3, 2012 10:32:14 GMT -5
Brett nodded. "You would be allowed to come as often as you wanted...and would be told about her when she has the baby, if we travel anywhere...you will be informed...as you are willing to marry her and be the baby's father, you can have your time with the baby when it comes and be part of it growing up. After all, a child needs a father...and I thank you, for what you did for my daughter. If it were not for you, she would still be trapped there, and though I haven't known of her for long, the idea is a harsh one to come to grips with. Knowing what she went through..." He trailed off. "I will speak with Shailene about it if you are certain of this, and if she is agreeable to it, then we will see the two ofyou get married within the coming days. If no priest is near by, a handfasting will do as she will have a child within the year and a day," he said simply then took a deep breath.
"And even if you don't want the money or the land, you'll have it to share with my daughter..." He cleared his throat and then nodded, as if mostly to himself before looking at Aidan. "I would be proud to have you as a son-in-law Mr. O'Shevlin..." Brett told him simply.
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Shailene looked at her. "I know that...I don't know...marriage...I never really wanted to get married but I know if I don't marry before the baby comes, people will treat my child cruelly and call it a bastard. I dinnae want that for my wee one...it doesn't deserve it. Especially if I can prevent it..." SHe sighed and tucked her hair back. "I...I'll marry him...if he's agreeable, I just feel as though I might be causing him to give up his life fer me...but he seems willing enough...I just...I dinnae ken.." She sighed and then bit her bottom lip, glancing at her stepmother and then looking down, putting a hand to her growing belly, closing her eyes and just feeling the baby move inside of her.
"It's the right...decision," she murmured then looked up and smiled softly before drinking some of her cider. She watched her father coming back with Aidan and felt her heart beat speed up a little but she quickly squelched it. She slowly cut up a bit of venison that was roasted and licked her fingers before glancing at her father as he came up and kissed the top of her head before taking Catherine's hand.
"Dance with me lovely," he told her with a smile before taking Catherine up so they could go dance. SHai watched them and then she turned to see Aidan.
"Me da spoke with you?" she asked, feeling somewhat uncertain. Almost as though she were taking advantage of his kindness.
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Colm sighed as Mari slept and he laid with his wife, half naked with her half on and half off of him. He looked at her and smiled. "Well that was fun..." he chuckled and then kissed her deeply before laying back and gazing at her pretty face. "You are beautiful..." he whispered then kissed her again before lifting her face to stroke her cheeks. "How has your day been?" he asked.
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Mary turned and smiled, slowly taking the flowers and smelling them. "Thank you..." she said then kissed his cheek before putting the flowers in a vase which she would add water to later. She turned and looked at him. "And missed me? We just saw one another yesterday," she laughed softly and then bit her bottom lip. "Well...let me check on me da and then I'll settle us for some supper," she smiled then walked to the back room and checked on her father, taking care of his needs and fixing him some food before leaving him to rejoin Henry. She smiled, leading him into the kitchen/dining room and then putting some fresh bread on the table and then two bowls full of stew that had been simmering all day. "Here you are..." She smiled. "Was your day a busy one?" she asked curiously, taking a seat at the small table and then cutting off a few slices of bread.
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Emma watched them leave and sighed before looking at her husband. "Perhaps if we had just let him rape me we wouldn't be having such trouble now," she whispered then closed her eyes, feeling guilty for the loss of that man. If he were married his wife would no longer have him and if he had children, they would no longer have his father. She sighed and walked over to James, reaching down and stroking his head as he slept so peacefully. Her husband still did not know about anything that she had suffered, with the exception of the beatings. She supposed he might have an idea but she did not like to think about it. About the pure humiliation she kept hidden from him. Sighing, she reached down, beginning to pick up the rest of the mess in the study and then sat the papers down on his desk, her fingers moving over them.
"And even if you don't want the money or the land, you'll have it to share with my daughter..." He cleared his throat and then nodded, as if mostly to himself before looking at Aidan. "I would be proud to have you as a son-in-law Mr. O'Shevlin..." Brett told him simply.
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Shailene looked at her. "I know that...I don't know...marriage...I never really wanted to get married but I know if I don't marry before the baby comes, people will treat my child cruelly and call it a bastard. I dinnae want that for my wee one...it doesn't deserve it. Especially if I can prevent it..." SHe sighed and tucked her hair back. "I...I'll marry him...if he's agreeable, I just feel as though I might be causing him to give up his life fer me...but he seems willing enough...I just...I dinnae ken.." She sighed and then bit her bottom lip, glancing at her stepmother and then looking down, putting a hand to her growing belly, closing her eyes and just feeling the baby move inside of her.
"It's the right...decision," she murmured then looked up and smiled softly before drinking some of her cider. She watched her father coming back with Aidan and felt her heart beat speed up a little but she quickly squelched it. She slowly cut up a bit of venison that was roasted and licked her fingers before glancing at her father as he came up and kissed the top of her head before taking Catherine's hand.
"Dance with me lovely," he told her with a smile before taking Catherine up so they could go dance. SHai watched them and then she turned to see Aidan.
"Me da spoke with you?" she asked, feeling somewhat uncertain. Almost as though she were taking advantage of his kindness.
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Colm sighed as Mari slept and he laid with his wife, half naked with her half on and half off of him. He looked at her and smiled. "Well that was fun..." he chuckled and then kissed her deeply before laying back and gazing at her pretty face. "You are beautiful..." he whispered then kissed her again before lifting her face to stroke her cheeks. "How has your day been?" he asked.
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Mary turned and smiled, slowly taking the flowers and smelling them. "Thank you..." she said then kissed his cheek before putting the flowers in a vase which she would add water to later. She turned and looked at him. "And missed me? We just saw one another yesterday," she laughed softly and then bit her bottom lip. "Well...let me check on me da and then I'll settle us for some supper," she smiled then walked to the back room and checked on her father, taking care of his needs and fixing him some food before leaving him to rejoin Henry. She smiled, leading him into the kitchen/dining room and then putting some fresh bread on the table and then two bowls full of stew that had been simmering all day. "Here you are..." She smiled. "Was your day a busy one?" she asked curiously, taking a seat at the small table and then cutting off a few slices of bread.
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Emma watched them leave and sighed before looking at her husband. "Perhaps if we had just let him rape me we wouldn't be having such trouble now," she whispered then closed her eyes, feeling guilty for the loss of that man. If he were married his wife would no longer have him and if he had children, they would no longer have his father. She sighed and walked over to James, reaching down and stroking his head as he slept so peacefully. Her husband still did not know about anything that she had suffered, with the exception of the beatings. She supposed he might have an idea but she did not like to think about it. About the pure humiliation she kept hidden from him. Sighing, she reached down, beginning to pick up the rest of the mess in the study and then sat the papers down on his desk, her fingers moving over them.