Chapter 39

“Why shouldn’t I be sure?” “No one knows what he can do until he proves it.” He threw back his head, his chin up, his eyes flashing. “With you for my inspiration—” Her voice shook, “Oh, Rickey, Rickey.” She insisted then on going downstairs. “If I stay,” she said, “I’ll be saying things I don’t mean.” “You’ll mean them some day,” he had said with certainty. “You’re mine forever, if you only knew it.” CHAPTER SIXTEEN Hands Off! When she had fled upstairs to her room, after the horror of Rickey’s revelation, Virginia…