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had everything covered and a feeling of relief enveloped him; he had taken every necessary precaution and equipped the soon-to-be mother with money and protection.
He smiled, thinking of how excited she’d be when they met again, he thought about the baby she was carrying, prayed that she had a safe delivery and bet against himself that the child was a girl. Apart from the lack of trust he had for the boatmen, Longstands had a feeling of satisfaction, there was no doubt he had done the best he could under the circumstances—he’d done the right thing.
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Chapter Eleven
M rs. Suzanne pulled a chair and faced her husband squarely. Longstands knew what was coming and had prepared himself. “Hello Suzanne,” he said in a calm tone; an attempt to quench the flame that emanated from his obviously outraged wife. “You look upset, are you okay or is it the heat..?” he asked, still working at calming her.
“Do I?” she snarled tossing back his niceness to him. The matter she wanted to discuss wasn’t one that she could properly negotiate in a friendly manner.
“Suzanne, please…”
“What do you think you are doing Longstands?” she asked, cutting him off, her head tilted at a seventy-degree angle as she gave him that look that said, ‘do I look like I am playing with you?’
Longstands got the message right away—he knew that it just wasn’t the time to be beating around the bush. It sure wasn’t going to do him any good or buy him any time. His wife was obviously not in the mood for ‘child’s play’ as she often called it.
“Suzanne, if this is about Nathan, I want you to know that I am talking to him, but you can’t rush Nathan, you know your son as well as I do,” he lied.
“Talking to him?” she replied, an additional dose of anger evident in her voice.
“Yes Suzanne, we….”.
“What exactly, were you buddies talking about?” Suzanne interrupted.
“We spoke like men yesterday and we are beginning to understand each other,” Longstands said, still keeping his calm.
“Wonderful! Father and son finally talking like men. Let me ask you Longstands, in your ‘man-to-man’ talk, did you buddies manage to at least talk about the issue at hand?” Suzanne said in a tone mixed with scolding and mockery. “Like finding a way to get that girl and her mother out of this Fort immediately and making Nathan—your buddy, realize that there is no way he can pick up that ...em ...em slave girl as his maid, much less his wife.”.
“Listen Suzanne…!” Longstands began but he decided not to continue; he too was turning red. He felt squeezed from both sides; his wife on one side and his son on the other, both demanding something he had no power to grant. His patience was wearing thin and he wasn’t sure when it would snap, besides he was beginning to feel that he’d had enough of Suzanne. She was pushing him too hard and his back was finally against the wall. He too was about to snap and on the same amount of pressure.
“Frankly Suzanne, what in the world do you want me to do with Nathan? He is a grown up man and an enlightened man for that matter, I am his father but he is a grown man so…”
“Very well Longstands,” Suzanne snapped, jumping off her seat as if stung by a violent scorpion. “I am not asking you to do anything with Nathan.”
“What?” Mr Longstands said. What else could she want?
“All that I am asking you to do is to send that woman and her daughter away from this Fort; send them somewhere, anywhere. I don’t really care where, as long as it is somewhere Nathan can’t find them. If you don’t, I will surely let my father know,” she shouted and with that, stormed out of Longstands’s room.
Longstands slumped back into his bamboo chair, exhausted, confused, and deflated. He had been meaning to talk to his son about the diary and its contents but the boy had been carefully avoiding his parents. Nathan spent most
He smiled, thinking of how excited she’d be when they met again, he thought about the baby she was carrying, prayed that she had a safe delivery and bet against himself that the child was a girl. Apart from the lack of trust he had for the boatmen, Longstands had a feeling of satisfaction, there was no doubt he had done the best he could under the circumstances—he’d done the right thing.
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Chapter Eleven
M rs. Suzanne pulled a chair and faced her husband squarely. Longstands knew what was coming and had prepared himself. “Hello Suzanne,” he said in a calm tone; an attempt to quench the flame that emanated from his obviously outraged wife. “You look upset, are you okay or is it the heat..?” he asked, still working at calming her.
“Do I?” she snarled tossing back his niceness to him. The matter she wanted to discuss wasn’t one that she could properly negotiate in a friendly manner.
“Suzanne, please…”
“What do you think you are doing Longstands?” she asked, cutting him off, her head tilted at a seventy-degree angle as she gave him that look that said, ‘do I look like I am playing with you?’
Longstands got the message right away—he knew that it just wasn’t the time to be beating around the bush. It sure wasn’t going to do him any good or buy him any time. His wife was obviously not in the mood for ‘child’s play’ as she often called it.
“Suzanne, if this is about Nathan, I want you to know that I am talking to him, but you can’t rush Nathan, you know your son as well as I do,” he lied.
“Talking to him?” she replied, an additional dose of anger evident in her voice.
“Yes Suzanne, we….”.
“What exactly, were you buddies talking about?” Suzanne interrupted.
“We spoke like men yesterday and we are beginning to understand each other,” Longstands said, still keeping his calm.
“Wonderful! Father and son finally talking like men. Let me ask you Longstands, in your ‘man-to-man’ talk, did you buddies manage to at least talk about the issue at hand?” Suzanne said in a tone mixed with scolding and mockery. “Like finding a way to get that girl and her mother out of this Fort immediately and making Nathan—your buddy, realize that there is no way he can pick up that ...em ...em slave girl as his maid, much less his wife.”.
“Listen Suzanne…!” Longstands began but he decided not to continue; he too was turning red. He felt squeezed from both sides; his wife on one side and his son on the other, both demanding something he had no power to grant. His patience was wearing thin and he wasn’t sure when it would snap, besides he was beginning to feel that he’d had enough of Suzanne. She was pushing him too hard and his back was finally against the wall. He too was about to snap and on the same amount of pressure.
“Frankly Suzanne, what in the world do you want me to do with Nathan? He is a grown up man and an enlightened man for that matter, I am his father but he is a grown man so…”
“Very well Longstands,” Suzanne snapped, jumping off her seat as if stung by a violent scorpion. “I am not asking you to do anything with Nathan.”
“What?” Mr Longstands said. What else could she want?
“All that I am asking you to do is to send that woman and her daughter away from this Fort; send them somewhere, anywhere. I don’t really care where, as long as it is somewhere Nathan can’t find them. If you don’t, I will surely let my father know,” she shouted and with that, stormed out of Longstands’s room.
Longstands slumped back into his bamboo chair, exhausted, confused, and deflated. He had been meaning to talk to his son about the diary and its contents but the boy had been carefully avoiding his parents. Nathan spent most
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