The Secrets of the Glen (The Scottish Highlands Series Book 2) by Elise Darcy

Author:Elise Darcy [Darcy, Elise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penny Lane Press
Published: 2024-10-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

A short distance outside Aviemore, they joined a winding road, travelling in the opposite direction to Lark Lodge. It wasn’t far along the road, and they turned off. Robyn turned to look at him. ‘Mr Gillespie, I thought you said—’

‘You can call me by my Christian name, you know.’

‘I don’t know what that is.’

‘Ah, right. It’s Duncan. You were asking me a question?’

‘Yes, I noticed we’ve turned off the main road already. I thought you said it was a bit out of the way.’

‘Yes, it is. There’s a way to go along here.’

Robyn had noticed a brown tourist sign pointing to a loch. ‘Is David’s house by a loch?’

‘Oh, aye.’

They drove along the bumpy single-track road through a forest of pines. Robyn glanced over her shoulder at Gayle’s car, which was following. It had slowed down to travel along the bumpy road and was now some distance behind. Robyn wasn’t surprised. Gayle wouldn’t want to damage her dad’s old car, and the suspension on the old Bentley wasn’t that great. She bet it was a very uncomfortable ride, especially for poor David. He was going to feel every jolt along the poorly maintained road.

‘It’s not a very good road, is it?’

‘That’s the Forestry Commission. I expect they’ll come and repair it one of these days. People come here to walk around the loch, and fish. I used to bring the boys here, take a boat out fishing.’

‘When they were kids?’

‘Oh, yes. Highlight of the weekend.’

Robyn had thought that all he’d done was to take David to hockey practice. She said as much.

He glanced at her. ‘Who told you that?’

‘Who do you think?’ She had a thought. ‘How did you get a boat to the loch when you took them fishing?’

‘I didn’t have to bring one with me. There was a boat at the boathouse.’

‘The boathouse?’

Robyn noticed Duncan take his eyes off the road for a second to look at her. ‘David didn’t mention the boathouse to you?’ he said.

She shook her head. ‘No. Not at all. He didn’t even mention that you took your sons fishing.’

‘David clearly loved those trips so much that he went and bought the place – well, that’s what he tells me. I don’t know where he got the money from. I guess he’s been a saver, unlike his old man.’

‘What place?’

‘The boathouse I used to rent for the summer. We’d have to sleep upstairs in the little room in the eaves. We had a cooking stove, sleeping bags, and I’d tell them stories around the fire.’

Robyn stared at him. This was not the childhood that she had pictured from what David had told her. He had never mentioned any of this.

‘What do you mean – you don’t know where he got the money from?’ Robyn didn’t think an old boathouse would cost that much money. Besides, he had money from playing professional hockey. She told Duncan her thoughts.

Duncan shook his head, and smiled. ‘What sort of money did you think he earned in professional ice hockey?’

‘I have no idea.

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