Father's Indiscressions

You level a look at the girl and she breaks her silence, "That man is not my father."

"No?"

"I'm his ward," she explains, "He's to care for me until I reach adulthood and then arrange a marriage."

"So?"

"He isn't going to find me a man, he wants me for his own and has leered at me since I was a child. I came of womanhood a month ago and he intends to marry me and **** his rights over my marriage bed."

"That's terrible."

"I'll kill myself if he does. That's why... I wish you to take me with you."

"I..."

"I know you don't love me, and I know you will leave me for some doxey whore, but I need to escape here. I won't slow you down and I'm more than happy to warm your bedsheets as we travel."

You have little time to think. Footsteps approach the door. "Girl," The man's voice calls, "Who are ye talking to?"