Cathy Maxwell by Falling in Love Again

Author:Falling in Love Again [Again, Falling in Love]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Avon Romantic Treasure, # Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages # Publisher: Avon (August 1, 1997) # Language: English # ISBN-10: 0380787180 # ISBN-13: 978-0380787180
Published: 2011-04-19T20:34:04.265000+00:00

190 / Cathy Maxwell

The two women howled with laughter. Mrs. Irongate almost fell off the high kitchen stool, she was laughing so hard. Even Lucy giggled.

And then Mallory understood what they meant. She blushed so furiously that the tips of her ears burned hot.

She lifted her chin. “This conversation is inappropriate.”

“Inappropriate?” Mrs. Irongate repeated, dabbing the tears of laughter from her eyes with her apron.

“We’re not the ones who said her husband doesn’t know Dick!”

Her words sent everyone back into screams of laughter. Mrs. Watkins even pounded the table with her fist in her merriment.

Mallory threw down the polishing cloth. “Stop it!

Stop laughing at me! That’s not what I meant.”

Mrs. Watkins moved to place her hand on Mallory’s shoulder. “Ah, now, we’re just having a little jest.”

Mallory pulled away, brushing the flour print of Mrs.

Watkins’s fingers off her brown dress. “I don’t think it’s funny.” Her tone could have frozen water.

For a long second, silence reigned in the kitchen.

“Well,” Mrs. Irongate said. “I guess you’ve told us, haven’t you, Mrs. Dawson.”

Mallory realized they had considered her their peer, and now she had spoiled any bonds of friendship she might have formed with these women. Picking up the polishing cloth, Mallory reminded herself that she wasn’t hired help, not

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