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321them in the morning.%u201cFuck! My arse is burning like fire!%u201d she blurted out.%u201cI%u2019m afraid, it s going to feel like that for a while, Hazel. You caused me to inflict a lot of damage. Let me carry you inside. We need to change the dressings every eight hours. I%u2019ll shut the shop for a few weeks and stay here and look after you.%u201d%u201cBut what about your wife, your business?%u201d she said.%u201cI didn%u2019t wish to tell you until now. She%u2019s left me. Apparently, all those visits to her mum in London were false. She%u2019s been seeing another, younger, man for years, and now she%u2019s opted to stay with him and wants a divorce.%u201d%u201cI%u2019m sorry, Gideon,%u201d she said.%u201cWhat for? I%u2019m over the moon. Good riddance to the moaning bitch and the bloody business.%u201d%u201cYou could marry me,%u201d she said.%u201cWhat?%u201d%u201cMarry me. I love you to bits,%u201d she said.I%u2019m many years older,%u201d he said. %u201cGood,%u201d she replied. %u201cI prefer a mature male, not some young punk in my life. Do you agree. Will you marry me?%u201dA tear fell from his eye. %u201cYes, so long as you never ask me to flog you again.%u201d%u201cDone!%u201d she said.The Equestrian