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A Dutchman To Bargain With (A Short Story)

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( Submission for Grey Choice Contest @CoffeeCommunity)

In the end of 1815, Rosemary Abigail Browning's fiancé died in mysterious hunting accident in Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies. Suspecting a foul play, in 1816 , she sailed across two oceans from Britain to the capital city of Dutch East Indies, Batavia, a place she only knows from her fiancé's letter, to find the real culprit who murdered his beloved soon-to-be husband. 
After the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815, the British are leaving and the Dutch regained the full control of their colony in Java. As the British government no longer hold the power, Rose threatened to be evicted by the Dutch because of her effort to solve the case.
When everything seems to fall apart, Rose who already lost her hope meets with  Andries Van Der Capellen, a mixed of Indo-Dutch descent who offers his help in exchange of Rose 'willingly' takes a part on his 'plan of revenge'.  
Will Rose accept the offer? 
Now, she has nothing to lose except her sanity.

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