And, as the days passed, it looked as though he might get his wish. There was no sign of Betsy. He’d watched the clearing and imagined the sight of her coming around the bend until he thought she was coming. But when he blinked, the image in his mind was gone and there was only the lonely forest and empty road. It was for the best that she’d forgotten him. It was what he wanted. This is what he told himself as he went about his work. What had happened between them had been plain wrong—even if she’d accepted him with the same emotional and physical hunger that had him lifting her skirt. Women, even someone with as much integrity as Betsy, were emotional beings. He was prepared for her to regret what they’d shared. He expected that she’d see making love with him as a mistake. Too much disaster could come from it—her family discovering she’d come to him, her reputation would be ruined, she’d probably lose her laundry business and there was always the possibility of a pregnancy.
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