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sighed.
    “Women often are, but so are men,” a warm, deep voice greeted.
    Carrow turned in surprise to see the owner of the mercantile.
    “I guess you are right,” she mumbled.
    “If I’m guessing right, you’re the young lady who married Clayton or was it Eric? Since ya’ll are twins it’s hard to tell you apart. Which is it?”
    “Clayton.”
    The older man smiled. “Well then you got yourself a good man.”
    “Not so good right now apparently,” Carrow grumbled.
    “Well now why is that?” Baxter asked sitting next to her.
    “Don’t you have a store to open?” Carrow glared.
    “I have time. When you get to be a man of my age you tend to be able to do whatever you want. I’ve know the boy since his Ma and Pa moved here over twenty years ago. He grew up here in my very own shop. What seems to be the problem between you two, I can’t see why to good looking young folks are having so much trouble.” He shook his head with a small smile.
    “I asked him something and he wished it had never happened,” Carrow said with tears filling her eyes.
    “What did you ask him about?”
    “Something very private, it wouldn’t be right to say it out loud.” She shook her head and laughed without humour.
    “Well I can’t help if you won’t tell me,” Baxter said gently.
    “I asked him about our marriage and after we, um had time alone in his room,” she blurted out with a blush.
    “Ah,” the old man said with a stunned look. “Well that explains something. There is not worse way to crush a woman until you used her that way. No wonder your mad at him, but I still think that whatever happened before you asked him is what made him feel that way.”
    Carrow turned to the man with a glare. “You’re going to take his side when he didn’t tell me he had a daughter before I got out here, or the fact he was loaded. Would have been nice to know about that before he made me look stupid.”
    The man grinned. “You still married him didn’t you? Even after you found out, so would it have still put you off?”
    She chewed on that for a moment and nodded slowly. “I might have, there was another letter from another man I had liked. But I’m not sure.”
    “And the reason you may not be sure if you have started to have feeling for the man. Maybe love?” he questioned looking off to the rising sun.
    “ Whatever was there was crushed after he wished we hadn’t slept together!” Carrow growled, to angry to care what she said aloud.
    “Well be that as it may I suggest that you talk to him, to see his side as well.” Baxter got up and smiled down at her. “Ah and here comes your sister. Ask her what she thinks, all I have to give is the rumblings of an old man. Good day to you Mrs. Stone.”
    Emmy came running up the road in a pretty yellow dress, skirts flying around her. As Carrow stood up Emmy threw herself at her sister in a tight hug.
    “Oh Carrow he is wonderful! He is so kind to me,” Emmy whispered.
    “I am glad he matches you, Emmy. I am glad you are happy here.” Carrow smiled for her sister, but it didn’t reach her eyes.
    Emmy pulled back with a fro wn. “What is wrong with you? Or should I ask what happened?”
    Carrow’s eyes water and Emmy looked sadly at her.
    Shaking her head Carrow looked away.
    “Cara, talk to me,” Emmy pleaded.
    “He,” she sobbed, “He wished he had never wed and bed me, Emmy. What am I gonna do?” sobs racked her body.
    “Well you can come stay with us for a day or two until he calms down and you two can talk. I’m sure Eric won’t mind. But you are gonna have to talk to him. You can’t divorce him until you’re twenty-one. You would be stuck with him for three more years either way. But I saw how he first looked at you. You could have a great marriage, but that means you will have to work for it. Meet him halfway. ” Emmy hugged her sister and grabbed  her hand, tugging her toward the other side of town away from Clayton’s house.
    It turned out the