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cotton, the bodice covered with tiny pink silk roses. The matching robe was diaphanous and nearly transparent. It didn't take a brain like Eli's to see that this was not something a woman who was merely a housekeeper should wear.
Wrapping a towel about herself to cover the beautiful gown and robe, she rushed out of the room, past the bed on which Frank Taggert sat, scurried behind the blanket partition, and began to rummage in her unpacked suitcase for her own clothes.
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"Is there a problem?" he asked from behind his side of the blanket.
"No, of course not. What could be the problem?" She went through her bags frantically, but nothing was familiar. If a 1930s-era movie star were going to spend a week in the Rockies, these were the clothes she would have worn. But Randy had never worn clothes made of cashmere and silk and wool so soft you could use it as a powder puff.
Randy knew herself normally to be a soft-tempered person. She had to be to put up with Leslie's shenanigans. But this was enough.
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Sitting on the side of the bed, Frank was unlacing his boots. "Tell me, Mrs. Stowe,mbt shoes clearance, are you married?"
"Divorced."
"Yes, then I understand. I come from a large family that is constantly reproducing itself. I believe they have decided I should do the same."
"You? In shock, Randy sat down on the edge of her bed. "They have ... You mean, they want us to ..."
"Yes. At least that's my guess."
"Your... guess?" She swallowed. "At this point, I'd decided your family had sent me here because the idea of a woman like me with a man like you would be very entertaining to them."
He didn't pretend to misunderstand her. While she'd been speaking,cheap mbt shoes, he'd been working at untying his boot laces with one hand. So far he'd not managed to even loosen the knot.
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