Chapter 8 - The Price of Survival
The women from Oakhaven stayed for two days, and they saw the reality of the mountain life. It wasn't a fairy tale; it was hard, brutal, and beautiful. They saw Silas look at Sadie with a tenderness that had nothing to do with labor, and they saw the children worship the ground she walked on.
Before they left, Mrs. Pritchard approached Sadie. "I was wrong," she whispered, her eyes watering. "I thought you were nothing because you had no children. I see now that you have a whole life."
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"I always had a life, Martha," Sadie replied. "You just chose not to look at it."
The women left with supplies, their view of the world shattered. They would never be able to mock the 'barren widow' again, because the woman they had left behind was now the most powerful person in the territory.
