title: Kick Him To The Curb And Keep On Smilin'!: Humorous True Stories Of Ending Dysfunctional Relationships
author:  Dorothy Pratt 
description: Dorothy Pratt has been a professional singer/guitarist for 28 years, in addition to recording three CDs (available at dornelpratt.com) and running a TV and radio show. She also has taught horseback riding lessons and music lessons at all three farms. She currently lives in Southwest, Virginia, with all her animals and remains happily single. Proceeds from the sale of her book support her horse rescue operations.
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  CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  AD 1592
  
  
  
  
  
  “You must tell me your secret.”
  
  
  “What secret?”
  
  
  “Why, how you kill all of your husbands. Don’t be a fool. It is not seemly.”
  
  
  Bessie’s lips twitched though the gesture was not seen through her veil. “You
  have listened to the gossips again, Belle.”
  
  
  “Gossips, my limb! Please, you must tell me. You must! I’ve got to know before
  I’m sent home. You don’t understand how my husband is. The last time I saw
  him, he nearly had me whipped. He threatened me with more of the same if I
  fail to gain favor this time.”
  
  
  “What a horrid man.”
  
  
  “Oh, please, tell me. I thought you were my friend.”
  
  
  Bessie narrowed her eyes. If Lady Bryant could be said to have a friend,
  Bessie supposed the description fit her best. None of the others at court paid
  the smallest attention to Lady Bryant.
  
  
  “Oh, very well, Mirabelle. I shall tell you my secret. You will need to
  promise not to let it out, however.”
  
  
  “Never from my li