When she reached the door, she turned around to see Henry staring at her in disbelief. Still sobbing as she spoke, she cried out to him. "I knows you ...en finds a pretty white girl to be with. You can't be falling for some colored farm girl."Grabbing his clothes and putting them on as fast as he could, Henry saw Rose running through the wet field towards her house. The sound of the rain drowned out his calls for her to come back. Out of breathe he walked back inside the barn, and threw all the. ”“That should not prevent you having more than one wife. You have a big heart; big enough for more than one woman. You are an educated, well-spoken man with money, so you will be expected to have more than one wife. My father could never afford a second wife, not that I ever heard him saying he regretted it. He loves my mother dearly.”John spoke unthinkingly, “I would probably be the same with you.” Joy/Ayodele listened to his words, and smiled to herself, saying nothing more. She knew when she. That was the hardest thought of all. Out of everything that she had wanted in her life, the two things she wanted most would probably never come to fruition: his sons. She was aware of the seriousness of her want, how a twenty-year-old should not hope for such things. Yet the thought of taking his seed into her and creating life with him sent her mind into a tailspin hurricane of emotion. Nobody — not him, not even her best friends — knew how deeply her feelings for him dwelt. They coiled in. This sarcastic demanding little female had recently immigrated to the US from Asia. Being a little blue-eyed blonde born in this country, Michelle found it degrading and resented having to put up with this Asian female's hateful remarks.After awhile, and for one of the few times in her life, Michelle found herself unable to avoid developing a dislike for this rude woman.Mrs. Li would come in, usually on Tuesday, accompanied by her husband Sammy Li. During those times, she made a special point.