Lily Elise Bentson?”

He could almost see the aura of happiness enshroud her as she began to speak.

“I would never again wear a corset, for one thing. Such a torture device has never been so prevalent in modern society! I would go out in public dressed in men’s clothing and wearing trousers any time it struck my fancy.”

Scott laughed and laced his fingers with hers. “Scandalous!”

“My hair would fly free, should I desire it. I would drink liquor in the taverns with the men, speak my mind as they do, and refuse to be silenced ever again. I have lived my whole life being told how and when to speak, what to say, that I should be seen and not heard. I have a brain! I have independent thought and reas...

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