Crossings (1982) by Steel Danielle

Author:Steel, Danielle [Steel, Danielle]
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2010-12-12T15:07:32.062000+00:00

There was a pregnant silence. "The Deauville?" It was in the San Francisco papers that morning too, but without the picture.

"Yes."

"What kind of crazy fool is your husband to put you on a ship like that? For God's sake, there must have been some other way to get you out of France. Were you part of that rescue at sea?"

"I was." Her voice sounded exhausted and defeated. She didn't want to have to defend Armand to him. She didn't want to think, because all she could think about was Nick. "We saved a hundred and ninety men."

"I read that. And there was only one woman on board, a nurse with two children."

Liane smiled. "Not a nurse exactly, Uncle George, just me, and the girls."

"For God's sake ..." He spluttered on and asked her when she was coming back to San Francisco, and she said she wasn't. "What?"

"We came to Washington last night. I'm going to rent a house here."

"I won't have it." After what she had been through, fighting with him was too much.

"This was our home for five years, we have friends here, the girls like their school."

"That's ridiculous. Why didn't Armand send you to me?"

"Because I told him I wanted to stay here."

"Well, if you come to your senses, you're welcome here. A woman alone doesn't belong in a strange city. You could stay with me here at the house. It was your home before Washington ever was. What a lot of nonsense, Liane. I'm surprised you didn't try to go back to London or Vienna."

She was not amused by his remarks and spoke in a quiet voice. "I wanted to stay with Armand in Paris."

"At least he wasn't foolish enough to let you do that. And I imagine he won't be there long anyway. That fool De Gaulle is already headed for North Africa, and the rest of the government is scattered all over France, from what I hear. I'm surprised Armand is still in Paris. Did he retire?"

She spoke in a quiet voice. She was not going to tell him that Armand was with Petain. "No, he didn't."

"Well, he'll be on the run like the others, then. You were smart to come home with the girls. How are they?" His voice softened as he asked, and Liane gave him the latest report and then let them speak to their great-uncle, but it was a relief when the conversation ended. She and her uncle had never had anything in common. He in no way resembled her father. He had always disapproved of the way she had lived with her father, sharing his life and his concerns, and being informed of world affairs. He thought it no way to bring up a girl, and disapproved of her as a young woman. "By far, too modern for my taste." He had made no secret of his disapproval. And he hadn't thought much of Armand when they had met. He thought him much too old for Liane and said so, and when she had married him and moved to Vienna, he had wished her luck and told her she'd need it.

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