![]() ![]() Josephine almost killed Marie Rose, but couldn’t get herself to murder her own blood, as much as she wished this baby didn’t exist. They dragged and sank her down to the bottom of the bayou. They stage the murder to look like Abigail packed and ran off with a lover. A drunken Julian rapes and murders Abigail in the nursery and Josephine helps him cover it up. The tone is set in these first few chapters as we reach our first heartbreak. She dreams of the way her “petite rose” will be raised a “lady”, she will be accepted, she will have an education, she will belong. Despite hating the living arrangements with Lucian’s family, Abigail is excited to have her daughter Marie Rose grow up a Manet. ![]() It is also obvious that Lucian’s brother Julian lusts over Abigail in a way that means to do her harm. It is obvious that Josephine does not approve of her sons union and she despises Abigail. She was once servant of Manet Hall, home to Josephine Manet and her two sons, but fell in love with Lucian, married and had a baby together. The home where the dead linger, where hate and love were found, and what was hidden finally comes to light. Midnight Bayou’s main character is really Manet Hall. ![]() Its beauty, Its ugly, its whispers, its secrets. In the Prologue we are introduced to the Bayou and all its wonders. ![]()
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