THE FIGHT

Summary (Continued)

PART 16

Dana soon goes back to work with Sarah and Carrie and has a few days of peace. Then, she runs up against Jake Edwards who orders her to do the wash, because Tess is being sent to the fields. When Dana says she's not supposed to, Edwards threatens to whip her again, and Dana finds herself dealing with the difficult work. Her back begins to ache dully, and she feels dully ashamed. Slavery is a long slow process of dulling.

Suddenly, a white man with a gray beard and covered in dust comes riding around the side of the main house towards them. It is Kevin at last! It's all she can do to allow him to embrace her with her badly whipped back. When he realizes why, he acts as if he is determined to make Rufus pay. However, Dana........


Notes

This chapter serves to reinforce the growing obsessive love that Rufus feels for both Alice and Dana. Dana has returned to find Kevin after Rufus calls her in the middle of a fight he is having with a slave. Even though she protects him once more, she comes to realize that he can't let go of those he loves, even........

 

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