Regency Romance: A Duchess in Disguise (Historical 19th Century Victorian Romance) (Duke Fantasy Billionaire Romance) by Sarah Thorn Page B
Authors: Sarah Thorn
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I’m going to be with.” Joy spoke up, and the women looked at her. “I am only doing this because my father wanted me to. I don’t really want to be so far away from them and be with a man who might not be nice to me.”
“Well, you’re on your way already, ” Robin said. “You better get used to it.”
Cathy gave Robin a frown and leaned forward to pat Joy’s knee. “Don’t you worry too much, Joy. We’ll be here for you. Won’t we, Robin?” She gave the woman a direct hard look, and Robin blinked, seeming to ease up a bit.
“ Of course, we will, Joy. We will take care of you.”
Joy smiled again, and her face brightened just a little. “Thank you, Cathy. Robin. I don’t like being so weak.”
“You aren’t weak, ” Cathy said. “You’ve just not reached your full potential yet. You’ve got time. It will be okay.”
“I hope so.”
“You know, we could take care of each other whether or not the men are who we want them to be, ” Robin said. “We should make a vow right now that if the men are not who we would like, we will leave them.”
“ Oh, that sounds very harsh and scary.” Joy said. “What if I’m the only one who doesn’t like my husband? If the two of you are happy, I will be left all alone.”
“ No, because we will get you away from him.”
“How?”
“I don’t know!” Robin looked frustrated but quickly wiped the look off her face and smiled again. “I mean, we will do everything we can to protect you. We will protect each other. You see?”
Joy looked down at her hands. “I do.”
“We won’t let you be hurt.” Robin held out one hand to her and one to Cathy. When they took her hands, she squeezed them and said in a determined voice, “I vow to protect my two new sisters with everything I have to keep them safe from harm. Now you say it.”
“I vow to protect my two new sisters from everything I have to keep them safe from harm, ” Cathy said immediately, squeezing the ladies’ hands. She and Robin looked at Joy.
“I won’t be able to do much to keep you safe.” They could see a trace of amusement in Joy’s face as she spoke. “But I will try. I vow to protect my two new sisters from anything that would harm them.”
Robin nodded. “Close enough.”
“I think you will be the one who will protect us, Robin.” Joy smiled at her.
Robin chuckled. “You may be right, but it will be nice to have you both there with me.” She looked at Cathy. “What’s your story, Cathy? Why are you here?”
It was Cathy’s turn to look shy. She lowered her eyes and touched her left leg. “I have a…deformity. My sister’s husband said it would be good for me to leave home and go to a man who had not yet seen me.”
“What?” Robin looked outraged and angry. “Your brother-in-law told you that you needed to be bought and sold like a slave because you have a physical problem? What’s wrong with you, anyway ? You’re beautiful!”
Cathy didn’t feel beautiful, and she knew that Robin was only being kind. She was not as pretty as either her or Joy. She was a bigger woman, with a full figure and a plump face. Her hair was straight and dark brown. She kept it neatly pinned back with barrettes and clips. It reached only down to her shoulders because her father had not wanted her to have long hair. She was anxious to let it grow. She had always wanted very long hair like Robin and Joy’s, even if it was the color of a rat, which was what her father had told her.
“Thank you for saying so, Robin. My…my left leg is a little shorter than my right. I…do n’t walk like everyone else.”
Robin sniffed. “I am appalled that your own family would say such things to you! Makes me glad I don’t have family like that!”
Joy looked out the window. Her own father had always been kind and decent to her and her brothers and mother. He worked hard constructing new houses for people who moved into the city and had sometimes taken her out with him to one of
“Well, you’re on your way already, ” Robin said. “You better get used to it.”
Cathy gave Robin a frown and leaned forward to pat Joy’s knee. “Don’t you worry too much, Joy. We’ll be here for you. Won’t we, Robin?” She gave the woman a direct hard look, and Robin blinked, seeming to ease up a bit.
“ Of course, we will, Joy. We will take care of you.”
Joy smiled again, and her face brightened just a little. “Thank you, Cathy. Robin. I don’t like being so weak.”
“You aren’t weak, ” Cathy said. “You’ve just not reached your full potential yet. You’ve got time. It will be okay.”
“I hope so.”
“You know, we could take care of each other whether or not the men are who we want them to be, ” Robin said. “We should make a vow right now that if the men are not who we would like, we will leave them.”
“ Oh, that sounds very harsh and scary.” Joy said. “What if I’m the only one who doesn’t like my husband? If the two of you are happy, I will be left all alone.”
“ No, because we will get you away from him.”
“How?”
“I don’t know!” Robin looked frustrated but quickly wiped the look off her face and smiled again. “I mean, we will do everything we can to protect you. We will protect each other. You see?”
Joy looked down at her hands. “I do.”
“We won’t let you be hurt.” Robin held out one hand to her and one to Cathy. When they took her hands, she squeezed them and said in a determined voice, “I vow to protect my two new sisters with everything I have to keep them safe from harm. Now you say it.”
“I vow to protect my two new sisters from everything I have to keep them safe from harm, ” Cathy said immediately, squeezing the ladies’ hands. She and Robin looked at Joy.
“I won’t be able to do much to keep you safe.” They could see a trace of amusement in Joy’s face as she spoke. “But I will try. I vow to protect my two new sisters from anything that would harm them.”
Robin nodded. “Close enough.”
“I think you will be the one who will protect us, Robin.” Joy smiled at her.
Robin chuckled. “You may be right, but it will be nice to have you both there with me.” She looked at Cathy. “What’s your story, Cathy? Why are you here?”
It was Cathy’s turn to look shy. She lowered her eyes and touched her left leg. “I have a…deformity. My sister’s husband said it would be good for me to leave home and go to a man who had not yet seen me.”
“What?” Robin looked outraged and angry. “Your brother-in-law told you that you needed to be bought and sold like a slave because you have a physical problem? What’s wrong with you, anyway ? You’re beautiful!”
Cathy didn’t feel beautiful, and she knew that Robin was only being kind. She was not as pretty as either her or Joy. She was a bigger woman, with a full figure and a plump face. Her hair was straight and dark brown. She kept it neatly pinned back with barrettes and clips. It reached only down to her shoulders because her father had not wanted her to have long hair. She was anxious to let it grow. She had always wanted very long hair like Robin and Joy’s, even if it was the color of a rat, which was what her father had told her.
“Thank you for saying so, Robin. My…my left leg is a little shorter than my right. I…do n’t walk like everyone else.”
Robin sniffed. “I am appalled that your own family would say such things to you! Makes me glad I don’t have family like that!”
Joy looked out the window. Her own father had always been kind and decent to her and her brothers and mother. He worked hard constructing new houses for people who moved into the city and had sometimes taken her out with him to one of
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