Always by Rose carol

Author:Rose, carol [Rose, carol]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Carol Rose
Published: 2011-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

"I can't believe this!" Elinor bounded out of her chair as if she'd been branded.

"Believe what?" Blinking, Daisy looked up from her section of Elinor's morning paper.

"This!" Holding the front page of the Bayville Sentinel with rage-quivering fingers, Elinor slapped the paper.

The two women had been sitting at the breakfast table in the cottage kitchen sharing a quiet cup of coffee.

"I can't believe the gall of that man! He named me as trustee!" Elinor shrieked, throwing the paper on the table.

"This must have something to do with Cole," Daisy commented with certainty. "That man sets you off like dynamite."

Ignoring her friend, Elinor stared into space, her mind working at a furious pace. "I'm not going to let him get away with it. I can see what the snake's up to even if no one else can. And I'm going to tell him a thing or two about it."

"I bet you will," Daisy said, shaking her head in sad amusement as Elinor grabbed the paper off the table and bolted out of the kitchen, her robe billowing around her.

Taking the stairs at a gallop, Elinor headed to her room. She dressed in record time, which was no mean feat considering that she was never one to linger over her wardrobe.

Fastening her mother's small circle brooch on the lapel of her short peach jacket a few minutes later, Elinor scooped her purse off the dressing table and headed back down the stairs.

"Lock the door behind you, Daisy!" she called out, retrieving her bulging briefcase from her office.

"Happy hunting!" Daisy called out from the kitchen.

Elinor slammed the front door and headed across the gallery, her heels sounding a hollow cadence on the wood. She reached her car, slung her briefcase into the backseat and slid beneath the wheel.

Setting her up as trustee of a million-dollar fund without saying a word to her about it first.

Cole Whittier was a snake. This last stunt proved everything she'd ever accused him of. And she planned to tell him that to his face, as soon as she quit crying.

Why did it hurt so much that he'd turned out to be everything she suspected? She'd known the pitfalls from the first, but that hadn't stopped her from falling for his charm. It was his laughter that snared her first, she knew, the amused gleam in his eyes that invited her to join in the joke.

Only now the joke was on her. She'd lost her heart to the very man who could least be trusted with it.

Pulling her car up in front of the town hall, minutes later, Elinor turned off the engine. Drawing in a few gulps of air to calm herself, she tried to wipe away the traces of tears on her face. A fast makeup retouch was called for, and she accomplished it as quickly as she could with shaking fingers.

She got out of the car, the newspaper clutched in her hand and she barely remembered to put change in the parking meter. Fragments of accusations formed in her brain as she crossed the pavement.

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