His Heart's Revenge (The Marshall Brothers Series, Book 2) by Jo Goodman

Author:Jo Goodman [Goodman, Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ePublishing Works!
Published: 2013-10-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

"Holland! Come back here with that!" Jenny lurched forward in her chair to make a grab at her son. Holland laughed gleefully as his mother caught the waistband of his short pants. "Give me that photograph."

Still giggling and holding the picture away, Holland glanced at his father. Christian was not smiling. Holland's dimples disappeared along with his laughter. "Here, Mama," he said, solemnly passing the photograph to Jenny.

"Thank you," she said politely, letting him go. "Now play over there. I will be with you when your father and I are done." She added the photograph to the others spread out on the table in front of Christian. It was torn and crumbled at the edges, thanks to Holland's deathlike grip on it. "What do you think?" she asked her husband.

"I think we should have asked the nanny if seasickness was going to be a problem," he said, flicking the abused picture with his ring finger. He looked at Holland, who was now playing quietly with his toy soldiers on the bed. Last night one of those lead soldiers had caught Christian in the small of his back at a most inopportune moment. It had not seemed very amusing then. Now Christian found himself chuckling at the memory. He turned his attention back to Jenny. "Remind me to check the bed thoroughly tonight."

Only a hint of a smile altered her beautifully serene expression. "I'll do that," she said. "Now, tell me what you think of these pictures."

"They are amazing," he said honestly. "It's as if you've captured the essence of the actress and her character. The multiple exposures were very effective. When did you do them?"

"A few days after we first came up with the idea," she said. "Remember? At Delmonico's."

"I remember. I also remember that Logan told us later that Miss Dakota did not want any part of posing for the camera or for me."

"Yes, well, Logan was lying. He never asked Miss Dakota if she would do either." Jenny's dark brown eyes held Christian's. He looked away first. "What's more, I think you knew that."

"Actually, I did. He had his reasons."

"Perhaps if he had been honest with me I would not have gone to Katy and asked her to reconsider her position."

"I see." It was easy to understand what had transpired then. The photographs were proof of that. "I can't say that I am sorry you went around Logan. These are remarkable, Jenny. Truly remarkable. I want to paint her."

"I thought you might."

"She's willing?"

"She said she was. She is really rather shy, Christian. Your sketches will be very important to her. I don't think she will enjoy posing." Jenny sifted through the photographs. "Damn," she swore softly. "I wonder what happened to it."

Christian began looking, too, even though he did not know what he was looking for. "Happened to what?"

"Did you see one where Katy is standing with her dress held up in front of her?"

"I think I would remember that," Christian said dryly.

She went through the pictures again, then looked under the table to see if it had fallen there.

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