She never demanded from him anything that he did not want to do. But she always got her own way.
She was so grateful for anything she received and she made her father believe that he was the only man in the world who could make her happy.
Orlina now, looking back, knew that when they were together her father felt strong and masculine.
He wanted to protect her mother and keep her from anything that might upset or hurt her. He knew that she relied on him and that he could not fail her.
‘They were very very happy,’ Orlina concluded.
She wondered if Sarah, with her stubborn insistence on having her own way and her determination to make a man do what she wanted, would ever really have a happy marriage.
*
The days seemed to pass slowly, although Orlina had scores of books to read and they
