Robyn Donald – Iceberg by Robyn Donald

Author:Robyn Donald [Donald, Robyn]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-07-30T23:15:36.687000+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Just like the entrance of the Demon King, she thought, as lightning lashed, followed by an enormous roll of

thunder which echoed around the sky. Across the room she heard Justin swear, then he said crisply, 'The power

is off. Wait where you are and I'll switch the generator on.’

Outside all hell seemed to be breaking loose. In the intermittent flare of lightning Linnet saw that he was gone.

After what seemed far longer than necessary a light flicked on in the kitchen. Only one, however, and when she

tried a switch in the living room nothing happened.

'It's AC, not DC,' said Justin as he came in through the door. "There's one switch in each room wired to DC. The

generator is really a relic of the days when the power supply to the island was very erratic, but it comes in

useful on occasions such as this, so we keep it in working order.'

'Do Cherry and Rob live here during the winter?'

He nodded. 'Rob is a potter, as I suppose .you know. He's very good, but still getting established. Perhaps one

day he'll want to go, but I hope not. The place won't be the same without them.'

'Has he always lived here?'

'His parents tried to farm here, but it was too hard, and when my father built this place they moved into the

cottage, I can remember when Rob was born. His parents were almost middle-aged, and they were thrilled. I

was five or six, and he was the first baby I'd ever had anything to do with,' he smiled somewhat sardonically.

'My memories of him are mainly of a kid with a mop of curls, trailing me around, determined to do everything I

did.'

'He must have been a nuisance.' Just why she said that Linnet couldn't fathom, except that she -simply couldn't

imagine Justin acting nursemaid for a child.

'Oh, he was he returned coolly. 'But I admired his determination.'

Which meant that he must have accepted the responsibility; probably the reason for the easy friendship between

the two men now. Linnet leaned back in her chair, trying to visualise the Justin Rob had followed. He would

have been a handsome boy; had he always worn that mask of chilling reserve, or could that be laid at the door

of his experience with Alison? Somehow it had become important to know what Alison was like. Stewart had

said that 'she was stupid, but that had no^ stopped him from loving her or Justin from marrying her. And the

child she had made with him was certainly not stupid. Apart from that she knew only that they resembled each

other slightly. Sarah's treasured photograph showed a young girl, nor like Linnet in feature at all, but Stewart

had said that the colouring was similar. ,

'What are you thinking of?'

She looked startled by the thread of anger in his voice. Of course he couldn't read her. thoughts! But he certainly

looked as though he could; there was a darkening of his features that warned of emotions held on a tight rein.

'Just thinking,' she retorted", deliberately vague. 'And swiftly,' Justin, what does Stewart do for you?'

His expression hardened into hauteur.

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