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    It starts like this:

    Frank gets caught. He does not voluntarily give up information about the stolen drugs – he gets caught.

    Big difference.

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    Frank Langdon and the years following that one shift.

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    Only after the embers are crushed does clarity cut through the light panic. He’s fifteen years her senior, why’s he acting like a teenager caught red handed? Plus, there’s not really anyone she could snitch to—it’s medical.

    Jack Abbot smokes a joint occasionally, and that's his prerogative.

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    "Normally, I only have to think of you reading my letters for my muse to alight upon my shoulder and guide my quill across the page. You said once that there is so much more to say than what one can put into a letter… tell me, Pen… do you have nothing to say? Have my letters missed the mark? Your silence is most unusual, and I cannot help but feel perplexed, as I cannot figure out what could possibly be keeping you from responding… twelve letters, Penelope… one, or two is an accident… twelve is a punishment."

     

    Colin returns to London for the Season of 1815, hoping to reconnect with his friend Penelope - only to discover that everything has changed between them.

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    05 Nov 2025

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    After Colin officially moves back to London for good, he invites everyone over to his new flat for a housewarming party. Penelope, who hasn't seen him in a year, is nervous but excited for the night ahead. Neither of them are prepared for what happens next during a not-so-innocent game of Fuck, Marry, Kill.

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    “Well, I heard in town that you were looking for some help digging a well. And I thought I might provide my services.”

    Penelope stared at him. “Now why on God’s green earth would you want to do that?” she asked, more bluntly than was perhaps proper for a young lady. “We can’t pay you.” Their father had left them with almost nothing, save this land and the house they were standing on. It was a pretty nice house - better than some of the others in the area - but life was hard.

    He shook his head and turned his hat over in his hands. “No, I didn’t expect you could. I hoped you might instead pay me in kind.”

    Penelope’s cheeks flushed red and she looked down, her hands smoothing the faded yellow cotton of her day dress. She didn’t suppose he meant what it sounded like he meant, being a gentleman and all, but the idea of Colin Bridgerton taking that sort of payment from her made her cheeks hot.

     

    OR: local cowboy offers to help farmgirl dig a well (aka cowboy colin meets prairie girl pen)

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    05 Feb 2025