Chapter 31 Gearing Up For The Party

• Roxanne had been given a tiny cottage that overlooked the sea. After the baby was born, she had spent her time on the islands going around in cheap shorts and tees. Her body was still curvaceous, but now, it was not the plumpness of an adolescent. She had ripened into a woman, and although she was oblivious to the appreciative, lustful looks men threw her way as well as the envious glances of women, both Beulah and Luna had noticed them.
• As Luna told her aunt, “It is time to introduce her to the world; she will fetch me a good amount.”
• Beulah’s mouth had slackened in sadness; she had grown close to the innocent young woman but she was aware of the reality of the world around her.