"Hannah will you pass the water?"
"yes of course," she replied.
This is how most of the evening's passe, sitting across from one another quietly. It always felt like there was tension in the air, like he was always disappointed in her for some reason. She could never really put her finger on it, and he never offered a reason.
"I'm going into the city tomorrow, do you need anything from the general store," caleb said.
"No but thanks for offering," Hannah replied.
The sun was going down and as they finished up dinner, Hannah cleared the table and got started on the dishes and preparing the kitchen for the next morning's breakfast.
They went to their respective rooms after a tense good night.
Hannah didn't mind living with her brother Caleb. After their parents have died he had taken over her finances and in return she took care of him around the house and sometimes helped on their farm in West Virginia. Aside from the intimacy a wife is expected to provide her husband, she was basically Caleb's wife.
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