It was not what he had expected to read, not at all. It spanned all the way to the smooth flesh of her shoulders, and exposed the provocative foundations of a delectable cleavage. Stop!”
“There is no need for excessive force Lieutenant,” but even as Sherman spoke these words, he could see that his Goddaughter was not to be reasoned with. Catherine McCown was only too aware of the generous helping of time that this junior officer allowed his gaze to dwell on her person and it made her uneasy. In fact, your handling of the matter has been straight from the manual, exemplary thus far. He stood and pulled her to standing with him. His free hand drifted down onto her shoulder and across her breast. Sherman fixed the trooper with a stare, “Two days ago several of our own men were found hanged just a mile or so from here. Chapter 5 – White Orchard Plantation, Around Midday, May 11th 1864
“Uncle Billy?” Catherine looked up from her seat on the edge of her bed from where she had been staring out of the window and over the fields.
