Sweet is Her Heart (Sapphic Sweet Book 2) by Isabella Eden

Author:Isabella Eden [Eden, Isabella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lesbian Romance
Goodreads: 196109210
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-09-11T04:00:00+00:00

At home, Elise tried to think it through.

She’d been rash, selfish and immature, and she’d hurt both of them, terribly. But perhaps it wasn’t too late. Maybe there was a chance.

Her fingers hovered over the send button of a text message many times. Lydia had already disregarded her in-person attempts at reconciliation. She’d ignored gelato, for heaven’s sake. Why would she want Elise’s pleady, grovelly text messages?

And now she’d employed an ex to work with her in New York.

Elise left the message unsent.

“Make us a cup of tea, love?” said Lisette.

They were settling in for the evening. Eastenders reruns on the telly, and tea and chocolate before bed. Lisette already had a blanket over her lap. She felt the cold these days.

“I’m afraid I have some news that isn’t going to cheer you up,” her mum said, gently, when she returned. “I signed with the real estate agent for the house in France. It will be listed on the market tomorrow.”

It nearly tipped Elise into tears. She loved that place and she knew her mum’s memories went back far further than her own. She knew Lisette wanted to see the place one more time before she died, and she tried to swallow her self-pity, because Lisette was clearly making the greater sacrifice.

“Oh, darling,” Lisette said. “Come here. It’s alright to cry.”

She held up her blanky and Elise slipped underneath it with her and they rested their heads together. They’d both run out of tears ages ago.

“Maybe no one will buy it,” Elise said, hopefully.

“Maybe,” agreed Lisette. “There are hundreds of one euro houses for sale in Italy and Spain. They give them away for free in Japan. If someone wanted to buy a tumbledown shack in the middle of nowhere, surely they’d grab one of those bargains.”

Elise sniffed. “Maybe we don’t even need to worry. It might never sell.”

“We’re going to need the money, though.”

They both sighed and sipped their tea.

“Silly, isn’t it?” murmured Lisette, after a while. “What is money, in the end? I’d like to die there, but I know it’s not possible. I have to sell the thing I love in order to have enough money to die with grace and to look after you when I’m gone.”

“Please don’t talk like that, Mum. I’ve told you a million times, the money doesn’t matter.”

“It will. We need to be practical.”

“I wish—” began Elise, but there were so many things her heart ached for, she didn’t know where to start.

“I know,” whispered Lisette.

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