A Spirited Girl on Cornish Shores by Laura Briggs

Author:Laura Briggs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cornwall, chick lit, holiday romance, cornish romance, feel good romance, cornwall romance
Publisher: Laura Briggs

"I'm afraid you've concocted a far too elaborate story for me," said Phillip. "No such excitement in my humble little world of finance, quite assuredly not. In fact ... I don't think I like your insinuations, Miss Norridge. They smack of cheap, cruel theatrics — of a blackmailer's tactics, really, and not those of a polite young woman who should know her place in this company." With that, he pushed back the chair and resumed his place in the audience. Despite his attempt at a noble speech of chastisement, he didn't look really comfortable in my opinion.

"So many secrets," said Natalie, wearily. "The room is so very full of them. And more than one has something they're afraid to let anyone know." She surveyed the room with these words, and her eyes landed on me last of all, oddly enough.

I felt a shiver travel down my spine. She means me? No, that's impossible.

The medium drew herself upright in her chair and closed her eyes. Someone in her audience clapped their hands — a slow, rather dramatic tribute. "Marvelous," said the earl. "Simply splendid." His eager gaze took in his two oldest friends and even his companion — but his son was taking care to avoid making eye contact now, busy texting someone on his smart phone.

The medium leaned back in her chair again. "I'm afraid I can do no more tonight," she said. "And I should rest longer between communications to be ready for the séance as well, so forgive me for saying goodnight so early, Lord Billings." She touched a hand to her forehead, then offered him an apologetic smile.

"Of course, my dear," said the earl, sympathetically. "High time I was off to bed also. Dalton, wheel me upstairs and finish that chapter of the Marquez novel you've been reading to me." At the motion of his employer's hand, the young man immediately wheeled the chair from the room, in the direction of the lift.

Katy and I began gathering the last of the coffee mugs and moving the furniture into place. I collected Bill's ash tray for emptying, wondering if Mr. Trelawney planned to say something about the young heir's arrogant habit or simply ignore it for the remaining couple of days.

"Are you all right, my dear?" Minerva was asking the paranormal investigator. "Perhaps I'm mistaken, but you were rather pale when Miss Norridge was speaking to you."

"You mean my big secret?" said Kate, with a crooked smile. "I suppose I was. It was a wild guess, likely enough ... but it was rather close. Not that I haven't been asked about what happened that day before, only by a very sympathetic DS who understood that I ... might be lying about certain circumstances. To protect someone's name from gossip." Here, Kate twisted a piece of her dress between her fingers. "All quite logical to assume. If you simply assume the public record of what happened is false, you would naturally assume what steps must have been carried out to create it, wouldn't you?"

Her smile was not convincing.

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