Courting Trouble
ror and the dread that came with t
. These were the roles that they had chosen to inflict upon themse
an was not just important because it brought order to the household. No, it was because it also helped to demonstrate and especially to the soldiers always patrolling outsi
high regard that could not
any other day. In fact, things around the house and especia
brary that was now shut. When normally, it would have remained open. It was so huge you see, and it had always been a hustle to open it or close it. However, as things stood now, with the brewing situation in the Lenton household, the General had ordered
ly,
high walls covered in books on ev
ys been excited to be here. Swinging from one high shelf to another. Picking up books as she
ables supported upon shortened heartwood stumps of red oak. The desks remained the same, seeing that they were antics and pieces of great value that could not be replaced. The curtains, however, had changed more than thrice in the
led back into the recesses of her seat, weeping with green eyes that were very much like her own. She looked worn out as though she had b
no choice but to obey. Shifting nervously, she took a step forward
however, did
ation showing in his gait and in the wa
ing presence to the copy of the evening edition that had until then, remained unseen in front of her eyes. "Read!" he sho
ood and probably the General's dark countenance as well, but
ble to hide her flinch even as her gaze fell upon the pape
AT LAST: GENERAL'S HONOR
eyes scanned and skimmed the article, going through the writing from top to bottom. After she had gotte
e pun that she had just created. Slip and fall. Wasn't that exactly what had happened? And what had been tarnished apart from her ent
ut a girl could only hope that it would glean a
ith which to beat us?" her mother suddenly cried out, and
f words, she could already tell
o with that answer, her cheeky tone meant to mask the fe
having had a better answer. What can you do when the people around you are bent on seeing fall? Not her parents per se, but for him an
me, and her mother whimpered as
any things ever seemed to unsettle it, but now, it sounded quite shaken, and she had to admit she was beginning to enjoy its reactions.
ught to let her conscience know, and
ying to get
e thought. If she had not done so, she knew, the voice would not let her be, and now was a terrib
ered her back to the present, which now not only included a mopping mo