Rich Man Poor Man | Beggar Man | Thief by Laura Landon

Author:Laura Landon [Landon, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prairie Muse Books Inc
Published: 2018-05-31T22:00:00+00:00

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Blake shifted the papers on his desk as he tried to organize the orders that Polly and Liam had brought back with them. By the time they’d finished taking orders they had demands for thousands of dresses, from the simplest day dresses to dresses that required more detail, dresses for shopping, for an evening out, and dour black widow’s weeds for those in mourning.

On his chart, he made a list of all the shops and linen-drapers who’d given Liam and Polly an order, cross-referenced with the quantity of dresses they’d ordered. Next, there was a column with the number of dresses Polly and Liam had guaranteed Edison’s would deliver to them each week.

They’d be able to produce more gowns when the machines he’d ordered from Howe’s new production center on High Holburn arrived, which should be soon. The irons for the additional pressing stations had already arrived. Until all was in place, his workers would have to finish as many each day as possible. The cutters continued to work at high efficiency and already had carefully organized stacks of cut goods awaiting the new machines.

Blake looked forward to the day when he had a hundred machines humming in unison, making several hundred dresses each day. And more importantly, he was certain the demand would always be great.

He lifted another stack of orders and started writing them down when he heard a noise from beyond his office door. It sounded like someone had entered the warehouse and he couldn’t think who might have come at this hour of the night.

He listened closer, and when he didn’t hear anything else, thought he might have imagined the noise. But base instinct him told him to check.

Blake walked to his office door and opened it, then stepped out into the large warehouse. He looked to the side door where the employees entered but saw nothing. Then he took another step deeper into the warehouse and checked the large warehouse door on the side that was only opened when shipments of fabrics arrived. He saw nothing.

Satisfied that he was alone, he turned back toward to his office. Before he took one step, he was blindsided by a thick slab of wood. The force of the wood hitting him on the side of the head and shoulder stunned him.

Before he could recover from the blow, four strong arms grabbed him from behind and restrained him.

Blake fought against the arms that held him captive. He struggled to escape, but the large plank came down across the side of his head again. His eyes rolled and his mind refused to think. Blake fought as hard as he could to escape. He knew if he didn’t get away from his attackers, he didn’t stand a chance.

The two men holding him twisted his arms back so the man in front of him had clear access to his body.

Blake kicked out with his feet and felt a sense of satisfaction when his right boot caught the assailant in the groin.

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