His Unwanted Wife, Her Unspoken Sacrifice

to appear on the

y night sky. Rain was pouring down, but it did nothing to stop the inferno.

was from te

er, was visible through a second-

han, soaked to the bone, w

ve her! Please! Jocel

e and his ranch hands ran towards the burning house. Th

ible on the laptop screen

ee! They sa

r. They took her in and s

an is a hero for doin

Mrs. Lester were there, their faces full of concern. They told me my parents didn' t m

uying me my first professional fiddle. Standing proudly in the audience at my concerts. They tr

on a hill overlooking the ranch, the same spot where we had

ed, and the sc

ll, throbbing ache. I was breathing

, then back at me, his fac

You all see what they did for her? They gave her a family. They g

full of a pain so deep it

Jocelyn