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"Don't you want to say good-bye to your father?" Sebastian looked down at her with the tender protectiveness that was such a new and delightful sensation for him.
Rosa hesitated a moment, and then realized that it would take very little to weaken her resolve. Her dutiful affection for Fly
she said.
"I suppose it's best! Sebastian agreed. He glanced guiltily towards the bungalow where Fly
"He'll be all right," Rosa said without conviction, and tugged at his sleeve. Together they moved to take their places at the head of the little column of bearers.
Kneeling on the floor of the bedroom, below the window sill, peering with one swollen eye through a slit in the curtain, Fly
Rosa O'Fly
As for Sebastian Oldsmith, here no sentiment clouded his reasoning. Sebastian was a valuable business asset.
Through him, Fly
Fly
Fly
Her skirts gathered up above her knees, long legs flying, Rosaled Sebastian up onto the veranda.
Fly
"Daddy!" Rosaleaned over him, and Fly
"Oh, Daddy, what is it?" She knelt beside him.
"My heart." His hand crawled up like a hairy spider across his belly and clutched weakly at his hairy chest. "Like a knife. A hot knife."
There was a terrible silence in the room, and then Fly
A fat, tiny tear broke from the corner of Rosa's eye and slid down her cheek.
"Bassie, my boy." Slowly Fly
"I didn't know... I had no idea that your heart... Fly
Fly
"You'll see him, Fly
"Yes, we'll stay, said Rosa. "We won't leave you, Daddy."
"My children." Fly
Thank God, he hadn't offered the money. A peaceful little smile hovered around his mouth. "You've made an old man very happy."
Fly
Since she had said good-bye to Sebastian at the start of his tax tour, Rosa had been aware of the cessation of certain womanly functions of her body. She consulted Na
His findings were conclusive, and Na
Delighted, Rosa took Sebastian for a walk down the valley, and when they reached the waterfall where it had all begun, she stood on tip-toe, put both arms around his neck and whispered in his ear. She had to repeat herself for her voice was muffled with breathless laughter.