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My Aunt. Chapter 18
Date: 10/16/2014, Categories: First Time, Author: Annamagique, Rating: 7, Source: LushStories
My heart began pounding with fear. I struggled to breathe, but I had to be strong. "Why are you here?" I whispered. The words seemed unwilling to pass my lips as I looked around, looking for an escape. There was only one entrance and he was beside it. I had gone in too far to make a run for the archway so I stepped back a few paces. "I ain't goin' to 'urt you, Miss. You don't need to fear." I repeated my question. "Then why are you here, Private Manston?" "I din't do it, Miss 'arcourt. I promise you, I din't." I moved back a little more. "Didn't do what, exactly?" I was trembling violently now, scared to death of what he might do. "I din't kill Maggie, Miss. I couldn't, I loved her." He stepped towards me and I let out a little squeal of panic and held up my hands. He stopped, his eyes pleading. "Miss, 'arcourt, please. I din't kill Maggie and I ain't goin' t' 'urt you neither!" I didn't reply but remained standing, shaking, staring. I looked down at his hand, hanging at his side. The bandage was loose and dirty and he held the unravelled end in his fist, preventing it coming off. It was stained with dried blood. He lifted his fist and looked at the dressing. "I know 'ow it looks, Miss...." He looked at me once more, "But I wouln't 'ave 'urt 'er. Never in a million years." "I saw you strike her, Charlie," I managed to say through lips as dry as paper. "I saw you knock her to the ground." "Then you saw what she did about it. I was drunk and stupid." Again he looked at the ...