The Love Charm by Pamela Morsi

Author:Pamela Morsi
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Historical, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯), General
ISBN: 9780783803074
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 1998-09-01T10:06:05+00:00

"We are going to the fais-dodo," Armand told Laron determinedly. "And you are going to patch things up with Aida Gaudet."

Laron was poling the pirogue in the right direction, the evening's entertainment was to be at the home of Thertule Guidry, but he was distinctly uninterested in the outing.

Armand was sitting in the bottom of the boat. Armand was his best friend in the whole world. But Armand didn't have any idea of the way things were in his heart.

"I will go," Laron told him. "This is my community and family. I never want to be separated from them. But I no longer intend to wed Aida Gaudet. I will have Helga, Armand. I will have Helga or no one at all. You are my friend and the sooner you accept that, the better it will be for everyone."

Armand shook his head. "Laron, it just cannot be. I know that you love her. I have known that for a very long time. But you cannot have her."

"You once said that I could."

Armand nodded. "I did say it, careless words, I said. But I was wrong."

"Perhaps you are wrong now," Laron suggested.

"I don't think so," he answered. "I don't think so. She is married, Laron. That cannot be changed. He may have been no good, he may have left her, but he is still her husband and there is just no way that it can ever be undone."

Laron didn't reply. There was a way it could be undone. Laron had thought long and hard about that way. But he did not mention it to Armand. There were things a man knew about himself that he could not reveal even to his best friend. Laron knew that he was going to have Helga Shotz, openly, honestly, sanctioned by God and man. She was going to bear his name and he was going to be her husband. He knew that.

And he also knew the only way for it to happen was for her to be a German widow indeed. Laron had decided. He must kill Helmut Shotz.

"I think you have underestimated Mademoiselle Gaudet," Armand continued. "She is so very pretty that we have all failed to notice all the other fine things about her."

"Hmmm." Laron was noncommittal.

"I myself have been guilty of this. Certainly the woman is no great intellect. But I have allowed myself to be so blinded by her physical appearance that I have not noticed her innate good sense. I told you that Madame Landry is teaching her the charms and cures."

"So I have heard."

"She may not be clever, but she is diligent and determined," Armand continued. "It is the most a person could expect of another human being."

Laron was no longer listening. He was remembering.

He had tried to stay away. He knew that it was the thing to do. Until he could offer himself, until he had something to offer, he should keep his distance. Not just for her sake, or for his own, but for the children.

He ached

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.