’ I left the room obediently and sat in the withdrawing room, wondering what discussion was taking place. I was soon to learn. The door opened. ‘M...s Tansley is, as I thought, interested in you as you heard. She has a desire to have you in my presence. I know you will always obey me but we are married and I will always respect your wishes in such matters. What do you say?’ ‘What is your wish, Ma’am?’ I had never called Maria ‘Ma’am’ hitherto and it brought a smile to her lips. ‘Mrs Tansley could. Both harbor an unfulfilled desire to find a mate who exceeded their expectations. In this chapter Kitty and Hayden finally meet and do a bit of verbal fencing. * Chapter 2 When heading to Mornington City in the Midwest, Hayden Carrington called on close kin in New York for three hours. His aunts and female cousins were agog that he’d become interested in just the one woman and she was American. Aunt Elizabeth asked was she a New Yorker and Hayden said no and revealed where she lived. ‘In that. Or the energy."She seemed to stop herself from continuing down that path. Smiling ruefully at us, she apologized, "I'm sorry I said that. It's just that, well, you," and she pointed her chin right at me, "represent everything that is wrong with the stereotypical black man." She raised her hands to prevent us from jumping all over that statement."You work hard, you stay home, you are raising not one, but two children and neither one of them are yours. You are not promiscuous, ignoring the fact. But you can wait.- Excellent. And you can not find something to drink?- There.She was already intoxicated. I only had beer, opened her bottle and took up a second. It was so ridiculous, both pretended they did not know how to ease tensions.- Sit on the couch, you're sitting on a chair?- Yes, this is inconvenient.- You see, a long time like that. What we're giving away the play, because we know why we are here.Dasha clung to me and hugged. I felt an incredible relief from the fact that no longer.