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Scandalous desires5/21/2023 ![]() A frantic Silence receives a note from Mickey, saying he might have something she wants. Almost a year to the day after finding Mary Darling, the baby disappears. She finds a baby abandoned there, and soon Mary Darling is like her own child. Six months later she receives word that he has been lost at sea.Īfter her husband leaves, Silence moves to the Home for Unfortunate Infants and Foundling Children. William can no longer look her in the eyes, and soon leaves on a sea voyage. When she tries to explain that nothing happened, no one believes her – not her family, not her husband, or the neighbors. As a last condition for saving her husband, she must walk home in this state. After spending chaste hours in his bed, the next morning Mickey adjusts her attire and hair to make it appear that she participated in a night of debauchery. Mickey agrees to replace the cargo, only if Silence spends the night with him. Desperate, Silence approaches Mickey O’Connor and pleads for her husband. ![]() Her husband William is accused of stealing the cargo from his ship. On a whim, “Charming Mickey O’Connor,” the most disreputable river pirate in London, destroys Silence Hollingbrooks’ reputation. Others, like me, see Stockholm syndrome, blackmail, lack of character, and honor with no restitution or punishment for past transgressions. ![]() Some people are able to see redemption, reformation, and the power of love. Elizabeth Hoyt’s latest is like a glass half filled with water. ![]()
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