The Somerset Case by Diana Xarissa

Author:Diana Xarissa [Xarissa, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

When Janet came down the stairs the next morning, Joan was standing in the middle of the kitchen with tears streaming down her face.

“Are you okay?” Janet asked, pulling her sister into a hug.

Joan stiffened in her arms. “I didn’t hear you coming down,” she said. “I’m perfectly fine.”

Janet studied her sister’s face. “You aren’t perfectly fine,” she argued.

“No, but I will be. It was foolish of me to think that I could find, well, someone special at my age. I need to focus on Doveby House. We need to think seriously about the carriage house and how best to utilize that space.”

Janet frowned. “What’s going on with Michael?” she demanded.

“How should I know? He hasn’t rung me back yet,” Joan replied with a quaver in her voice.

“Ring him again.”

“I can’t do that.”

“Then I’ll ring him. We need to know what’s happening on Monday night, if nothing else.”

“You and I are having dinner at the café on Monday night,” Joan countered. “If Michael doesn’t ring me back, he may be surprised when we don’t turn up at the French restaurant, but that will be his problem and not mine.”

Janet wanted to argue, but the Ellsworths , who chose that moment to walk into the kitchen, interrupted her.

“Is everything okay?” Paula asked, looking from one sister to the other.

“Everything is fine,” Joan replied. “I just have a slight headache this morning. I hope you don’t mind if Janet prepares your breakfast for you?”

“Of course not,” Paula replied. “You go and lie down.”

Janet was surprised that her sister had lied to their guests, but when she saw the look on her sister’s face, she decided that Joan wasn’t lying after all. “Paula is right,” she said quickly. “You go and lie down. I can manage breakfast.”

“Are you certain?” Joan asked.

“Of course,” Janet replied with far more confidence than she felt. She’d never made breakfast for guests before and she knew how much Paula was looking forward to Joan’s cooking, but she’d simply have to do her best.

Joan put up no more than a token protest before she retired to her room. As Janet heard the door shut behind her sister, she opened the refrigerator and pulled out eggs and bacon. “Full English?” she asked the couple.

“Yes, please,” Peter replied.

Janet did her best, but getting everything timed just right wasn’t as easy as Joan always made it appear. The Ellsworths were kind when they were given their breakfast plates with a few items missing. Janet supplied them as they finished cooking, though, and in the end, they did get a full English breakfast, just in several courses instead of all at once.

“I’m so sorry,” Janet said as she handed them toast at the very end.

Paula laughed. “Please don’t be sorry. It’s perfectly fine. We got everything we were meant to get and it was all delicious.”

“I rather appreciated the entire experience,” Peter told her. “I was able to enjoy each thing separately, which made a nice change.”

“I just hope Joan is feeling better tomorrow,” Janet said.

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