Tainted Reasoning by Anna Edwards

Author:Anna Edwards [Edwards, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Tamara

The car pulls up outside the day care center, and I can’t help but feel a little nervous. I’ve not told William the entire truth about this visit because I know he wouldn’t have come. I just hope he’s prepared to forgive me because I think he needs to see this place.

The driver opens my car door, and William comes around to my side to help me out of the car.

“If I end up with anything sticky on my clothes, you’re washing it off. I don’t like getting my hands dirty.”

I click my tongue at him and walk off with a sway of my hips. “You forget. I’ve seen you eat. That’s where anything sticky on you will come from.”

“Hey!” he calls indignantly after me, but I can hear the amusement in his voice. He catches up with me, and I link my arm through his offered one. “When did you start coming here?”

“I was doing a certificate at school when I was sixteen – for part of it I needed to do some voluntary work for thirty hours. The Viscount helped me to find a place here. I stayed on afterward and help out whenever I can.”

“Sounds good. So, is it just like a nursery? I don’t really know the term day care,” William asks, holding the door open for me to walk into the reception.

“Sort of,” I reply, and before he has a chance to question me further, I’m speeding toward the receptionist, a short, grey haired lady called Eve. She’s been working here since before I started, and I’m sure she told me she started back in the early nineties. She doesn’t get paid for her job. She does it out of the kindness of her heart. They’ve tried to offer her a salary on numerous occasions, but each time, she’s said no.

“Tamara, I heard you were coming in. Fantastic to see you.” The spirited lady, who’s age I’d guess is in the late fifties, jumps to her feet and comes around the reception desk to greet me with a big hug. “Congratulations. I hear you’re qualified now. We’re all so proud of you. You worked so hard. I bet you’ve already got a job lined up at one of those prestigious London firms.”

I can’t help but laugh at her excitement over the fact I’m now a qualified lawyer. “I’ve got a place at one, yes. I’ve still not decided if I’m going to take it up straight away or have a year's break to explore the world a bit. I need to juggle my finances a bit.”

“You deserve a bit of a holiday after all that studying. Mind you, I remember you telling me about the night life as well, so it wasn’t all hard work.”

I laugh. “Well, I was at university. I needed to live a little.”

“How’s Victoria? I heard she’s married now, and a Duchess as well.”

“She is married. Nicholas is wonderful, and they’re so happy. It’s not public knowledge, yet, but they have a baby on the way.

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