The Beekeeper's Promise by Fiona Valpy

Author:Fiona Valpy [Valpy, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542047036
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Published: 2018-05-16T05:00:00+00:00

Eliane: 1942

It was the longest two hours of their lives. A feeling of panic was beginning to flutter in Eliane’s chest, like a trapped bird, when at last they heard the crunch of the truck’s wheels on the gravel of the track.

Both Yves and Eliane scrambled to their feet.

‘Wait!’ ordered Gustave. His son and daughter exchanged a frightened glance, realising that she might have been followed; or that perhaps it wasn’t even their mother who was driving the truck if she’d been caught.

After what felt like another small eternity, they heard footsteps and then the door opened. Lisette set her bags on the floor and bolted the door carefully behind her.

Then she smiled an exhausted smile. And she nodded at the three of them and said, ‘Another successful delivery by the local midwife.’

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