THE FAMILY VAULT by Charlotte MacLeod

Author:Charlotte MacLeod
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“I am happy.”

That was true, although Sarah would have been happier if they could see more than three feet around them. She was getting prickles again, wondering if it was just her imagination working overtime or if there actually was somebody nearby. The pounding of the surf and the rattle of loose stones being pulled out by the undertow made racket enough to drown out any footsteps. So long as this fog held, they could be moving in the midst of a crowd and not know it.

Still she felt safe enough with Alexander. He’d been roaming this stretch of coast all his life. If any trouble threatened, he’d know how to get them away fast enough. She had only to stay close, clinging to his hand as she’d done before her head reached up to his coat pocket and heaven was a stroll with Cousin Alexander.

“Am I going too fast for you, Sadiebelle?”

How many tunes during the past twenty-five years had he asked her that same question? Sarah began to laugh.

“My legs aren’t quite so short as they used to be. Look, there’s my old wishing rock poking up out of the fog. Remember how we used to sit there looking out to sea while you told me stories about the mermaids?”

He chuckled. “And you insisted you could see them riding the waves. Can you still, darling?”

“I’m not sure. I haven’t seen a mermaid in ages.”

“Perhaps they’re out there today. Come on, let’s sit down.”

They crowded together on the narrow ledge that had been their special place for as long as she could remember. Alexander put his arm around her to keep her from slipping off the edge.

“Now, Sadiebelle, I wish you’d tell me what’s bothering you. You’ve been edgy ever since we started out. Is it something in particular or—things in general?”

Sarah laughed uncomfortably. “You’re very perspicacious, my dear sir. I wasn’t going to tell you.”

“If we’re going to treat each other as equals, it has to work both ways, you know. What’s the matter?”

“It’s only that I keep having this absurd feeling we’re being followed.”

“But why?”

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