Chapter225: Escape Plans

*Retta* I’m starting to think twice about my idea to keep Astrid. Not only did I lose out on three hundred extra gold coins, but I’ve been having to use up too many of the nine hundred that I did get for the other babies just to buy things for her. I don’t have time to pull over and count what’s left of it, so I calculate it all in my head. First, there was the rental car so I could get as far away as I could, then there were the diapers, the formula, a car seat so she’s easier to carry, and some cute outfits for her that I’d just seen in a store window the last town back. I shake my head. At this rate, I’ll have nothing to show for it but a cute kid with curly hair. And now, the more she’s crying, the more she’s not so cute anymore. I should have spent the money on cute outfits for myself. I step on the gas a little harder; I want to put as much distance between Rose and me as possible so she can quit screaming in my head for her babies. I’ve got enough noise going on with the baby cr