4 JACKSON I worried that I'd pushed Hyacinth too hard, but if anyone needed a little nudge in the right direction, it was her. Rose may have been contrary and opinionated, making Chance's taming of her difficult. But when a woman was docile, mild and disliked confrontation of any kind, it was almost impossible. I could toss her over my shoulder and carry her to church and marry her, but it would not be because she truly wanted it. Instead, it would be because she would be afraid to hurt my feelings, or in fact, admit she had any of her own. And so I'd all but dared her to return again in the morning, this time to share the color of her n*****s. I longed for the answer. Hell, my c**k wasn't sure if it could take this alternate model of courtship. My c**k liked the “toss the woman over th