Wrecking Belle (Wicked Sons Book 2) by Emma V Leech

Author:Emma V Leech [Leech, Emma V]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Dearest Lyall,

I am glad to hear Georgie has been visiting. It has been too long since I have seen my lovely grandchildren so I shall come to stay. You may expect me on the 3rd of May. Your father will arrive a week after me and stay for a few days. Now, don’t protest, he worries for you and the pair of you need to talk. Whatever you may believe, he does not think you a fool, but you will not believe that for yourself unless you look him in the eyes. Avoiding him is only making him wretched and more worried than ever. So, you will do it for my sake, for I must live with him when he is in a state of anxiety.

I never doubted that Wildsyde is prospering under your care. It will be good to spend some time there again, however. It has such happy memories for us all and I pray it will do so again.

As for Lady Buchanan, don’t you turn your back on that woman. Despite the appalling manner of your marriage, I hoped to find some trace of shame or a desire to make amends in the creature's eyes, but I have never in my life met a woman I felt to be entirely calculating. As for her father, I wonder he has lived this long, for a man riper to be hanged I have never met. If you believe she is plotting, then I say you are right. Heed your instincts, son, and leave nothing to chance.

―Excerpt of a letter from The Right Hon’ble Ruth Anderson, The Countess of Morven to her eldest son, The Right Hon’ble Lyall Anderson, Viscount Buchanan.

3rd May 1845, The London to Brighton Train Line.

To Conor’s relief, the weather changed the next day, though it wasn’t until almost a week later that the promised trip took place.

In company with his mother and Violetta, they picked Lucy up in his carriage and made the journey across the river to the south of the city and Norwood Junction. The train line to Brighton had been completed four years earlier, and the exodus of people desperate to escape the city for a day at the seaside had given the town a new lease of life.

The train today was packed, no doubt with everyone thoroughly sick of the dreadful weather, snatching at the first glimmer of sunshine and wanting to make the most of it. Conor had taken care to reserve a first-class compartment, however, and so they avoided the bustle and jostle of the other passengers and settled themselves to the journey.

Conor studied Lucy surreptitiously. He had not seen her since that ill-fated visit and had confined himself to writing to her in order to arrange today’s outing. Part of him believed it was a stupid idea to take her out today, and yet she had seemed so out of sorts he had been worrying about her ever since. Truthfully, he had worried that it was not the illness at all depressing her spirits, but the situation of their engagement.

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