City of Ash by Megan Chance

Author:Megan Chance [Chance, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-307-46104-9
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2011-06-06T16:00:00+00:00

I stared at it in dismay. Nathan had said not a word of it to me, yet he’d found it noteworthy enough to cut it out. To underline it. To set an exclamation point beside it.

I puzzled over it for a moment, and set it back where I had found it, pulling a sheet of letterhead to half hide it as it had been before, and as I did so, I revealed another sheet, handwriting I recognized, and I paused, arrested by the sight of my father’s fancily looped G. Gen—

I pushed it to reveal the rest. Geneva.

Frowning, I pulled the letter loose.

My dear Nathan,

Regarding operations for Stratford & Brown, you must know that I agree with you and trust your decisions in all aspects. Please proceed as discussed.

As for Geneva … this is what I have feared for some time. As you say, it would have been best to insist on Bloomfield Estates in November, and I am sorry now I did not, and more sorry than I can say that you are now left to deal with the results of this lamentable decision. I think we had both hoped for so much better. From her letters to me, I know the removal to Seattle has seemingly made things worse. I am appalled at her most recent fancy, and her grandmother is beside herself at the thought of Geneva on a stage! And this relationship with the playwright, and how you say he has replaced Marat in her imaginings … I am beyond concerned. I would board the next train if I weren’t in the middle of such delicate negotiations.

I laud you for your patience in such trying circumstances. Your letter regarding the doctor’s findings was most revelatory. If he thinks she may go further into delusion if she is not checked, then there is no reason to hesitate.

It is long past time for us to do what must be done. I worry about her health most of all, and I will not contest your decision to have her committed, and in fact will aid you in any way I can.

You must let me know what the second doctor says, and if you feel the local asylum will house her appropriately. I understand your desire to have her housed in an institution near enough that you can see she is getting the proper treatment, and I defer to your judgment. Money is, of course, no concern; all of my financial resources are at your disposal. I have also immediately transferred Geneva’s accounts to your control.

Your father-in-law,

Maynard Stratford

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