Free Spirit by Penny Jordan

Author:Penny Jordan [Jordan, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-01-24T23:45:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

WHEN she woke up on Thursday morning, Hannah realised that the weather had changed and that the hitherto mild Indian summer they had been enjoying had been replaced by rough winds and a storm-grey sky. Beyond her living-room window, the wind whipped the Thames into white-capped ruffles. Trees which had seemed green only the day before, as though summer would last for ever, now rattled, dry as paper, and the few people She could see moving about were dressed warmly in autumn clothes.

More from habit than deliberate choice, because she never wore her City clothes when she went home, she dressed almost automatically in a warm pleated skirt in bright blues and greens, lightened by a fine broken yellow line which matched the sweater she was wearing with it. There was also a jacket which she had placed on the back of her chair, ready to put on when she went out.

She ate her breakfast quickly, with one eye on the clock. They were travelling down to Padley in Silas's car, and a little to her surprise he had announced that instead of meeting her at the office he would pick her up at home. When she had protested that this was unnecessary, he had reminded her wryly that by picking her up at home he was saving them both almost an extra hour of travelling, and after that there had been no further possible argument.

Even though she had been watching for him, she still felt a small thrill of shock and pleasure in her stomach when she eventually saw his car draw up outside. Sooner or later she was going to stop reacting like this every time she saw him, she told herself stoically, ignoring the tiny curling sensation of awareness that coiled through her muscles.

She arrived downstairs in the foyer almost at the same time as Silas Walked into it. He gave her a brief smile, holding out his hand to take the overnight bag . she had packed the previous evening.

Shaking her head, she responded to his smile and told him, it's all right. It's quite light. I can carry it myself.'

He didn't argue with her, instead opening the door so that she could precede him through it, and then unlocking the boot of his car. This time when he held out his hand, she let him take her bag. He stowed it efficiently in the car next to a very similar one of his own, and then walked round to the passenger side, opening the door for her.

'It shouldn't take us long to reach Padley, not once we're clear of the London traffic,' he informed her, reversing the Daimler and heading back to the main road. 'While we're travelling, I'll tell you a bit about my plans for the house. At the moment it's more or less gutted. The builders are hoping to move in at the beginning of next month, and once they're there, they reckon it's going to take them at least six months to get everything in order.

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