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' carriage and he sat between the two lovely
young ladies as they glanced at each other behind his back and
giggled.
"Now don't you worry about that, Claire. I'm sure your Daddy will
be happy that I escorted the two of you safely home. Besides, we
can take a shortcut through the woods and you'll save over an
hour's time."
"Oh no!" gasped Sarah. "Those woods are HAUNTED! There's all
kinds of stories about people going in there and never being seen
again! I think I'd rather face my Daddy's belt than those woods."
"Oh, nonsense!" Jonathan waved his hand in dismissal. "That's a
lot of hogwash. I been in those woods before. Lotsa times! Ain't
nothing to be ascared of. Besides, you got me to protect you!"
"Well, since you put it that way..." Claire snuggled up to
Jonathan."
"No, please!" continued Sarah. "I'm really afraid. I've heard
some awful stories about those woods. They say there's creatures
who live there who eat people that they catch. I'm scared!"
"If we go through the woods, we'll still have some daylight.
It'll be fine, honest. It'll be much safer than riding home the
long way in the dark."
"Well, maybe... but I'm still afraid."
Jonathan put his arm around Sarah and squeezed Saeko's shoulder. Both
women huddled against him and he almost shivered himself, though
not from fe
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