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She wouldn't be able to bear it if the mills and yard died, tooAnd she'd never be able to forgive AshleyHe took her hand in his and looked down at her with a worried expression on his drawn face "You look tired, my dearIs everything quite all right?" She wanted to lay her head against his chest and wail that everything was awful"Oh, fiddle-dee-dee, Ashley, don't be a sillyI was up too late last night at a party, that's allYou should know better than to hint to a lady that she's not looking her best And let that get back to India and all her mean old friends, ? Scarlett added silentlyAshley accepted her explanation without questionHe began to tell her about Joe Colleton's houses As if she didn't know all that, right down to the number of gucci faux nails needed for each one"They are quality construction," said Ashley "For once, the less fortunate will be treated as well as the rich It's something I never thought I'd see in these days of blatant opportunismIt seems that all the old values weren't lost after all I'm honored to have a part in thisYou see, Scarlett, MrColleton wants me to supply the lumber She made an astonished face"Why Ashley-that's wonderful!" And it wasShe was truly happy that her scheme to help Ashley was working so wellBut, Scarlett thought after she talked privately ? with Colleton, it wasn't supposed to turn into some kind of fixation? Ashley intended to spend time at the site every day, Joe told herShe'd meant to provide Ashley with some income, not a hobby, for heaven's devil wears prada chanel necklace sake! Now she wouldn't be able to go out there at allExcept on Sundays, when there was no work going on The weekly trip became almost an obsession for herShe no longer thought about Ashley when she saw the clean strong lumber in the frame and rafters, then the walls and floors, as the house went upShe walked through the neat piles of materials and debris with a longing heartHow she'd love to be a part of it all, to hear the hammering, watch the shavings curl away from the planes, see the daily progressI only have to hold out until summer-the words were her litany and her lifeline-then Rhett will comeI can tell him, Rhett's the only one I can tell, he's the only one who cares about meHe won't make me live like this, outcast and unhappy, once chanel j 12 he knows how awful everything isWhat went wrong? I was so sure that if I could just have enough money, I'd be safeNow I'm rich, and I feel more afraid than ever before in my whole lifeBut when summer came there was no visit by Rhett, no word from himScarlett hurried home from the store every morning so she'd be there if he was on the midday train In the evening she wore her most becoming gown and her pearls for supper, in case he was coming some other wayThe long table stretched before her gleaming with silver and heavy damask starched to a shine It was then that she began to drink steadily-to shut out the silence while she listened for his footstepsShe didn't think anything of it when she began having sherry in the afternoon-after all, classic chanel handbag taking a glass or two of sherry was a ladylike thing to doAnd she hardly noticed when she changed from sherry to whiskey or when she first needed a drink to do the store accounts because it depressed her that business was falling off so or when she began leaving the food on her plate because alcohol satisfied her hunger better or when she began to take a glass of brandy as soon as she got up in the morning She hardly even noticed when summer became fallPansy brought the afternoon mail to the bedroom on a trayLately Scarlett had tried sleeping for a while after dinnerIt filled up part of the empty afternoon, and it gave her some rest, a relief denied to her at night "You want I should bring you a pot of coffee or something, chanel jumbo bag Miss Scarlett?" "No