Free Another Chance by Sandra Cuppett Page B

everything to
prove my love to you!”  She leaned against him and circled his shoulders
with her arms.  “I didn’t even know what love was until you came into my
life!  You’ve taught me how to love.  You’ve taught me how to be a
woman.”
    “The most
amazing woman I’ve ever known,” his voice was almost a whisper.  “The
woman I want to show to the whole world.  I want to take you shopping on
Madison Avenue.  I want to dress you up and take you to Broadway shows
where everyone will see us and know that we belong together.  I want to
look down from an apartment that we share, at the people walking along the
streets of New York City and know that none of them are as lucky as I am. 
I want all the men to know that you married me and I’m the only one for
you.”
    Now she was
kissing his neck, pulling herself closer to him.  “All that sounds so
good.  I love you so much.”
    He caught her
hands with his and pushed her back forcing her out of his lap.  When she
was kneeling on the floor in front of him his voice sounded like velvet. 
“No you don’t.  All you want is to live right here in this hick town and
hob knob with these red necks that you grew up with.  I had hoped that you
could get beyond that, but I guess I was wrong.”
    Tears of panic
welled up in her eyes and spilled down her cheeks.  He was disappointed in
her!  He was beginning to regret marrying her.  She struggled to lean
closer to him again.  “I do love you.  I want us to travel and
have fun together.”
    He held her at
bay.  “I don’t want to travel to get to New York!  I want to live there and I just might do that!  With you or without you!”
    He had pushed
her back a second time onto the floor and when he finished talking he stood up
and walked across the room toward the stairs.  At the bottom of the
stairwell he turned and looked back at her, his eyes cold and hard. 
“Don’t force me to do that.”
    Ruby stayed
knelt there on the floor and sobbed for a long time, but finally she got up and
went to the phone.  It didn’t take long to make arrangements with a real
estate agent, and then she went upstairs to the big room that she and Frankie
shared.
    When she
entered, he was standing with his back to the door looking out the
window.  He didn’t acknowledge her arrival and didn’t move as she slipped
her arms around his waist and snuggled up against him.
    She could feel
the stiffness in his body as he endured her advances.  Finally she
spoke.  “The real estate woman will be out first thing in the morning to
look the house and when she sees what a great house it is, I know she will sell
it for a fortune.”
    Slowly Frankie
turned around and wrapped his arms around her crushing her against him. 
“I’m so sorry for the things I said.  I couldn’t live without you. 
You will love living in New York.  I can’t wait for you to see it. 
It is so beautiful!  The perfect place to showcase your delicate beauty.”
    Ruby smiled as
her husband’s voice grew husky and his hands began to caress her body.  He
did love her and if selling this house made him happy, she couldn’t wait for it
to sell.  Frankie was all she needed in this life.  They belonged
together and nothing would stand between them again.
    She wanted him
to be happy.  He had suffered so much while they had him in prison. 
It was a wonder he had survived.
    When she
verbalized her thoughts softly, he whispered that it was only her entering into
his life that had made survival possible.

Chapter
Eleven
     
    Wolf’s sleep
was restless.  He had nightmares that the drug gang he had infiltrated had
found Feather.  He could see her tied in a chair with them standing around
her, leering and threatening.  When he woke up for the second time,
drenched in sweat, he decided there was not much point in staying in bed. 
He dressed quietly and without waking anyone, made his way down to the barn.
    He entered the
barn quietly, but every horse