Freedom

Over the years (especially since Louis was born), she thought that they had reached a truce; rotating carefully through the house around each other, like cuckoo clock dancers on a track. Mary didn’t mind. To be honest, that was a lot easier than when they were pretending to be lovers. Ultimately, he was inoffensive and easy to ignore; out of courtesy, she attempted to be the same for him. She assumed this would be how they would live out the rest of their lives.***After Stede's unexpected abandonment, Mary reflects on their life together. A little drabble looking at the Bonnet marriage from Mary's point of view.