Worth Winning by Elling Parker

Author:Elling, Parker [Elling, Parker]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-24T08:00:00+00:00

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Claire considered herself a master of social machinations. Though she heard Mr. Alver whispering his excuse about a headache, she’d hadn’t believed it. If he’d wanted to avoid the performance altogether, he would’ve told someone ahead of time, and allowed his excuses to be made. She’d watched Mr. Alver surreptitiously keeping an eye on her stepsister Julia and had noted his escape, shortly after Julia’s. Something she found particularly interesting was the fact that Julia had returned to the performance earlier than usual, looking flushed and a bit out of sorts.

As the performance ended, and Julia joined her near the back of the room again, Claire clapped and then leaned in to whisper, “We have to talk.”

Julia turned wide eyes toward her stepsister, but all she said was, “You have no idea.”

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