Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"I just never thought you'd go to such lengths for Roseanne."

And even more surprising was how much she meant to him, enough to risk it all and set up such a scheme.

"A scheme?" Corley chuckled lightly. "Not really. Just going with the flow, offering a little nudge where it's needed."

Like Murray said, the plan was full of holes. If he had actually put his hands into designing it, he would have been skinned alive, if not worse.

"If you can't dodge such a simple play, then you'd deserve a stint in the slammer."

A deal with no losses, why not take it?

Success means sending him straight to jail, or getting Murray and Millie completely out of the picture.

And if not, well, he was more than happy to be a thorn in his side.

"Despicable!" Murray clenched his teeth, "You'd screw me over for a woman?"

Corley sighed, "She's not just any woman..."

She was Roseanne!

Murray scoffed, "Spare me the lover's act in front of me."

But he simply said, "You don't understand..."

sneered, "Don't understand your selfishness or your

saint. If you really cared for her,

Roseanne was

became

all people, have no heart. How could you be bound by morals? Let me tell you

leave me, giving you

someone means you can't bear to see them

what did Corley

was like a cold spectator, letting it

built on her suffering. You didn't stop it; you allowed my

using Maisie

son to set

me up... Corley,

Roseanne would

Sho

saw your true colors?"

pause

Murray had never felt as relieved as he did today, "She's the simplest, purest person, hates scheming, despises cunning, and you're exactly that kind

en

love you. She only has eyes for someone honest and upright

he had been that