The following day Denah called on Danica again to tell her about Helen Walton. They decided the best way to get information was to employ their most trusted servants as spies. Within a few weeks their suspicions were confirmed. Helen Walton was well known in her village for being ‘friendly’, and the dispute between her parents and the parents of her fiancée was over her virginity. Helen swore she was untouched, and no one would come forward and admit to lying with her, despite the rampant rumors. Denah and Danica decided they would write the families in secret and pay a handsome fee to be rid of Helen once and for all.
Two weeks later Helen left Legacyville Castle to be married. The entire household saw her off. Denah, King Caleb and Queen jenny were all very happy to see her gone, while most of the men servants and Dixon watched dejectedly as her carriage rolled away from the castle. Denah was quite happy to have her husband to herself again, and was looking forward to him in her bed again. She wanted to prove to him that she could give him the son he so desired.
Denah got her wish that night, but not the way she was expecting. Denah was settled in bed, reading a book when her bedroom door burst open. Dixon was in the doorway, sweaty, shirt unbuttoned, an almost empty bottle of rum in his hand. “Are you happy Now?” he slurred
“Pardon me, my love?”
“She’s gone! Are you happy now?! You got what you wanted, you’ve got me all to yourself!”
“Dixon please, stop shouting you’re scaring me!”
Dixon stumbled into her room and dropped his rum. “You got what you wanted now give me what I want!”
Denah suddenly realized what Dixon meant and pulled her blankets up around her neck. “Please don’t do this Dixon!” Dixon climbed into the bed and threw himself on top of Denah. “Give me what I want” he whispered into her hear “give me my son.” Denah knew there was nothing she could do to stop what was about to happen. All she could do was close her eyes and cry.
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