Winslow's Web by Jeanie P Johnson

Author:Jeanie P Johnson [Johnson, Jeanie P]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-08T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Alain had been so right about Katherine and Alden practically getting ready to announce wedding plans! Katie wanted to close her mind to the whole affair. Why was she letting herself get so involved? What difference did it make to her what Alain did, or what Alden and Katherine did either? She had no part in their affairs. Why couldn't she just ignore it all and be the dutiful seamstress that she was supposed to be without having all these emotions pulling at her so heartlessly?

She had to be truthful with herself. She knew perfectly well why the lives of all these people involved her. Katherine and Alain were her cousins, James Langdon her father, and Alden...Alden was far too important to her for her own good, she told herself severely. Why did she feel there was some unspoken connection between them, when she knew full well that he was most likely betrothed to Katherine, and liked the idea?

Her relationship to them all did not help her feel any more secure. She could never tell them about herself. She could never become a part of their personal lives. She could only stand back in the shadows and watch and wonder, and...and suspect. Even though she was a Langdon, the same as Alain’s mother had been, which was a respected name, she did not have claim on that name, the same way Katherine Gail Langdon had, when Lord Winslow offered to marry her.

Was it her feeling of insecurity that made her side with Alain? She had to admit to herself that she couldn't help but suspect Katherine, as well. Were her doubts about Katherine based on true suspicion, or only because of the possibility that Alden was bound to marry the girl if she truly was the missing heiress? She wasn't prepared, or even wanted, to answer that question.

There was nothing she could do about the situation anyway. Alain would not tell her what she had overheard, if she had truly overheard anything. There were too many things in Katherine's favor and even Katie, herself, had to admit that the story and evidence presented was enough to convince anyone that Katherine must be the true heiress, except, ironically, herself and Alain.

In the back of her mind lingered an uncomfortable feeling which made Katie hope Katherine wasn’t the true heiress. This girl seemed too eager, and James Langdon was too quick to think that Maggie and she were meddling. If there was so much evidence that Katherine was the rightful heir, why was James Langdon so worried and insisted that Maggie and Katie mind their own business? If he had nothing to hide, he wouldn't care how much they snooped around. Even if it was true that Katherine was who she claimed to be, there was something that James was trying to hide, and Katie was determined to discover what it was.

But maybe it was nothing. Maybe he was only afraid that someone might discover that Katie was his daughter, and somehow that would spoil his plans, unless there was something more to it than that.

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