Eve Silver by Dark Desires

Author:Dark Desires [Desires, Dark]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Darcie,

The day is yours to do with what you will. John Coachman is at your disposal. Perhaps you wish to have a carriage ride in the park. I expect to return late.

Damien Cole

So much for love words and heartfelt emotion, she thought, her brows rising then falling, her shoulders slumping. She felt deflated, like a bellows with all the air forced out. Though she had enjoyed a previous outing to the park, the idea held little appeal this morning.

Mary cleared her throat, reminding Darcie of her presence.

“The doctor will be away for the day,” Darcie said, refolding the page and carefully pinching the crease between her thumb and forefinger. Dropping her gaze, she ran her fingers back and forth, accentuating the fold. “He will return quite late.”

“Oh. Well, I told you that already,” Mary said with a huff and an inflection to her voice that implied she thought the note rather odd. “Why did he need to leave the note at all?”

Darcie wondered the same thing herself, and her mood brightened a bit. Perhaps he had left it just so she would know he was thinking of her. Her disappointment over the distinctly unlover-like tone of the missive evaporated at the thought.

“I'd best get back downstairs.” Mary turned to go.

Drawn out of her reverie, Darcie reached out and caught her friend's hand. “Thank you, Mary.”

“For bringing up the note? It was nothing. Like I said, I was curious.” Her tone clearly implied that her interest had been for naught.

Darcie shook her head. “For being my friend,” she said softly.

Mary stared at her for a moment, tears welling in her green eyes. She ducked her head and cleared her throat, then gave Darcie's hand a reassuring squeeze. Turning, she took a step towards the door.

“There's a plate of food for you in the kitchen,” she said over her shoulder as she departed, her voice thick. “I covered it to keep it warm.”

For a long moment after Mary departed, Darcie stared at the empty doorway, wondering why she had not taken the opportunity to talk with her about so many things: the questions and suspicions surrounding Janie's disappearance, the bizarre conversation with Poole. Well, not about the entire conversation. She did not feel she could share the private matter of her embrace with Damien outside the carriage house. That was something she preferred to lock away in her heart, to cherish secretly and silently. Besides, bringing up that embrace might lead to a conversation about other stolen moments, and Darcie was not ready to talk to anyone about the night she had spent in Damien's arms. Those memories were her own private treasures. With a sigh, she realized it was a question of trust.

Darcie rose from her bed and quickly performed her ablutions. She ran her hand over the plain black bombazine of her dress, and for a moment, she felt utterly sad at the thought that Damien had only ever seen her in this, a plain, serviceable old dress, or worse, in the rag she had arrived in.

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