Montgomery 12 - Wishes by Jude Deveraux

Author:Jude Deveraux [Deveraux, Jude]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2011-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

WISHES

To her horror, Nellie looked down at her beautiful gown, at the ink saturating the skirt. The dress was ruined beyond repair.

"Quick, get it off. We'll soak the ink out and—"

"It's ruined," Nellie whispered, standing, then bending to pick up two marbles.

"Where did they come from?" Terel asked.

"They were on the floor."

Terel put her hand to her mouth in horror. "Oh, no, Nellie, is that what caused you to slip? I bought the marbles to take to the Taggert children. I thought it might help the Taggerts to forgive me for what happened last year. I never thought—" Terel said more, but Nellie wasn't listening. Part of her was telling herself that she should have known that something would happen to ruin this evening. She had wanted it too much for it to have come about. Another part of her was enraged. How could Terel have done this to her?

"It was an accident," she muttered to herself.

"Of course it was an accident," Terel said, indignant. "You don't think that I—that I could have . . ." She put her hands over her face. "Nellie, how could you hate me so much as to think that I could have wanted to ruin your dress? Why would I have wanted to hurt you?" Nellie's anger left her as she hugged Terel. "I'm sorry. Of course it was an accident. Of course you wouldn't have done something like this." She looked down at her dress. Now she wouldn't be able to go to the ball, for she had no other dress at all suitable. 141

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