And three weeks earlier I had found something worse.
A request prepared to declare that the pregnancy had ended months ago.
“I wanted to register the land before my baby was born,” Clara said. If no one knew I was still pregnant, I could say that Thomas died without an heir.
Caleb felt a chill.
That’s why the people thought Clara was in Nebraska.
That’s why they fired the midwife.
That’s why no one could leave the ranch.
