Lucas by Kelli Ann Morgan

Author:Kelli Ann Morgan [Morgan, Kelli Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inspire Books
Published: 2015-04-14T14:00:00+00:00

Lucy reread a portion of the letter over and over, unable to fathom the truth of its contents.

…our little Lucy

…our little Lucy

“…our little Lucy,” she said aloud.

It can’t be.

“What was that?” Lucas asked, coming to stand behind her. He pointed to the signature. “Do you know him? Adam Prescott?”

“I think…” She shook her head in disbelief. “I think he was my father.”

“But I thought—”

“I have to go.” She jumped to her feet, the letter clutched to her chest, and picked up her skirt as she ran down the attic steps and out the small door toward Liam’s quarters.

“Who is Adam Prescott?” Lucy asked, gasping for air as she burst through the door to Liam’s room.

He sat in a chair at the small table next to the hearth, overlooking the north pasture where the horses still frolicked. He still looked weak, but she needed answers.

She tossed the letters and the single photograph she’d discovered in the attic onto Liam’s lap. “Who is Adam Prescott?” she asked again, more quietly this time.

He gave a resigned chuckle. “Come sit, Lucy.” He pointed to a chair opposite him, picked up the old photograph, and rested his wrists on the table, caressing the picture.

“Your grandfather, Joseph, and I grew up in the same little town back East where we did everything together. We were inseparable, Joe and I. Even as we got older, we worked the same jobs, attended the same college, and courted the same girls.” Liam set the photograph down on the table and looked at Lucy.

She leaned forward like a child might upon hearing a tale of adventure being recounted in great detail.

Cough.

“One day, a little over a year before you were born, a young painter by the name of Samuel Morse approached us and told of an electrical instrument he was working on that could transmit messages over a wire that would allow folks to communicate quickly with others in distant towns.”

“The telegraph.” It would explain how Liam had his own personal telegraph in his study.

“Yes. Joe and I were intrigued and pooled some of our substantial funds to invest in Morse’s vision. Well, your grandfather died before that dream was realized, but not before I promised him that I would always take care of his family.”

“And Adam Prescott?” Lucy stood up, too anxious to sit, and moved over next to the window.

“Adam was one of many prospective suitors who wanted Claire’s hand in marriage. He was educated and refined with a good standing in society, but it was not his wealth and status that impressed me, but his strong character and unfailing kindness toward others. I knew he would do right by your mother.”

“So, Adam Prescott is…” She needed to hear him say it.

“Your father.”

Lucy closed her eyes. A weight lifted from her chest and she knew that it was true. She’d had a father who’d loved her ‘more than life itself.’ She just believed it about the wrong man.

“And Gerald Russell?”

Lucy’d had a pleasant childhood. The man she’d grown

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