Making Wishes at Bay View by Jessica Redland

Author:Jessica Redland [Redland, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boldwood Books

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Ruby remained silent for the rest of the journey to York and I gazed out the window. There’d been heavy rainfall over the past week and the River Derwent had broken its banks. Looking at the flooded fields and rapidly flowing water, a million questions whirred around in my mind, the most important one being whether Teddy was still alive. If he wasn’t, surely Ruby would have said. Or perhaps she’d avoided finding out anything about him, for fear of what she’d discover.

‘Is Ruby Miller your real name or your acting name?’ I asked, as we walked from the train station into York City Centre.

‘My real name although I was, of course, Ruby Hetherington-Smythe for six years. Damned long name, that one. Ruby Miller is the name on Edward’s birth certificate. He was approaching eighteen when I retired from acting in my late forties so I changed my name back in case he wanted to find his biological mother.’ She laughed. ‘Silly me. Edward has never wanted anything to do with me.’

I’d heard that straight from the horse’s mouth, but I wasn’t going to let on. ‘But Rhys found you years later instead.’

‘This is true and that young man is my world. As are you, my darling.’

I wanted to ask her more about Teddy, but I suspected the train journey had been pretty emotional and that it was best to stick to the lighter subjects for the moment.

‘What was your acting name?’ I asked.

‘Promise you won’t laugh.’

‘Of course I won’t.’

‘I wanted something that sounded sophisticated and that linked me to Teddy and to my past life. You are looking at the actress formally known as Theodora Sapphire.’

‘Oh wow! Theodora Sapphire. I absolutely love it. What sort of acting did you do? Plays? Films?’

‘Mainly plays, but I was an extra and had a small part in some films too…’

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