Heartbreak Highway 1 by Harper Whitmore

Author:Harper Whitmore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, New Adult Romance
Publisher: J & H Whitmore
Published: 2014-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

They arrived at the Biltmore Estate just before noon. The drive up to the estate was paved along the original carriage route that served the property in the old days and the road was flanked by trees and bushes in early stages of transforming into their gorgeous fall colors.

“Oh my goodness, look, it’s a deer!” Eva cried out when she spotted a small doe looking out at them from behind one of the trees. Marshall looked at it and smiled, Simone didn’t seem the least bit impressed. A few minutes later Eva squealed again…. “It’s a turkey!”

That time Simone sighed loudly. Eva opened her mouth to say something to her, but closed it again. She wasn’t going to let the other woman’s negative attitude ruin this for her. The three and a half mile ride was gorgeous and if Simone didn’t see the beauty and wonder in any of it, then Eva thought that was sadly, her loss.

When they got to the ticket booth they were given pamphlets to help them through the self-guided main house tour. There was no timeline for the walk-through, but they were told to allow themselves at least two hours in order to be able to see it all thoroughly.

They started on the main floor, Eva wanted to look at everything and Simone tried to hurry them along. Poor Marshall seemed torn between the two of them and although Eva wasn’t seeking his attention, he seemed interested in the same things in the house that she was. Unfortunately, every time the two of them tried to look more closely at something together, Simone would grab Marshall by the arm and lure him away somehow.

They worked their way all the way up to the fourth floor. It was a great work-out, but the only complaint that Eva had was that they weren’t allowed to take pictures inside. There were so many beautiful things that she’d love to have photos of. She told herself that she’d just have to take a snapshot of it all in her mind. She would have to edit Simone out of all the shots thought; she couldn’t seem to get a good picture in her head without the raven haired nymph photo-bombing it.

When they finished the house, almost two hours later, they headed out to the stables where there was a restaurant and shopping. Eva would have loved to spend more time inside the house, but Simone had started her incessant whining about an hour into the tour and neither Eva nor Marshall could take it any longer. When she heard there was shopping in the stables, her entire demeanor changed.

The Stable Café had large, comfortable booths that were made from the former horse stalls. George Vanderbilt had spared no expense on his horses and the roomy stables and tack house allowed plenty of room for a beautiful, comfortable restaurant and chic little shops. The booths in the restaurants were former horse stalls and when Eva remarked about how cool she thought that was, Simone said,

“It’s just a restaurant.

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