Look how my father treats my mother and I. I'm not going to let any boy do that to me. Ever!" There are boys who won't do that." No. I know there are ...ice guys out there, like you. But I'm pretty sure they'd all turn asshole on me the day I married them. Mom says, once a woman marries, she becomes her husband's property. Nope. I won't marry. I'll just find a lover and have a baby." Won't your lover want to be with his child?"Mishy laughed. "My lover will be a woman. The child will be from some. Really, what is your problem with Leanne being there?" Embarrassment, Asha. That woman played me for a bloody fool for god knows how many years. Probably from the day we got married." No, dad, it wasn't like that. Mother..." Jeannette started to say. But then stopped herself and appeared to think for a couple of seconds, before she started speaking again. "Think about it, dad. Who's going to be more embarrassed: mother sitting there on her own, knowing that she drove you away, or you with your. The exception were the patrician girls like Aurelia or Priscilla,or to a wife of a novus homus, like Livia, who could afford a legion ofclients or slaves to do the more mundane things. Consequence was that itwas easy to find some privacy.Aurelia, in order to end the constant gossiping, decided to sharesomething she wanted to keep for herself, "I had a strange dream twonights ago," she announced.Her friends stopped their conversation, curiosity in their eyes, and thenLivia said, "Really, tell us. ‘I am near death with sickness and you two abandon me.’ She did not look sick to me. ‘Cayden is professing his love,’ Alia said. ‘So Mylle is your favorite?’ Angelica added. ‘I am, am I not?’ Mylle asked, grinning. I recognized the teasing and decided it was best to ignore it and change the subject. It was a trap best avoided. ‘How are your feeling, my wife?’ I asked brightly. It seemed strange to say it with Mylle in my lap. ‘Better, my husband,’ Angelica answered, ‘it comes and goes.’ Her.