A Cunning Death by Blythe Baker

Author:Blythe Baker [Baker, Blythe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-07T06:00:00+00:00

I took several minutes to compose myself, and then slipped out of the pantry, walked back through the door onto the terrace and moved towards where everyone had been gathered in the garden. Now, I could see the majority of the group tromping through the thick grass in the direction of the tree line. Only Edward and Lady Ashton remained near the stairs. Lady Ashton signaled for Edward, and he crossed the short space between them and then leaned down at his mother’s urging. She appeared to be whispering something in his ear, and I tried to approach quietly to maybe catch a bit of what it was. However, my shoe scuffed on the uneven stones of the terrace and Lady Ashton’s head snapped up. In a second, she was smiling up at me.

“Rose, dear, did you find Dr. Shaw?” she asked, patting the spot next to her for me to sit down.

“I did.” I hoped my face did not betray the altercation we’d just had in the kitchen.

As I neared them, I noticed Edward looked puzzled. His dark brows were pulled together and he wouldn’t take his narrowed eyes off of his mother. She, on the other hand, refused to look at him.

Clearly, I’d stumbled into something. Or rather, interrupted something. What had Lady Ashton been preparing to whisper in Edward’s ear? I focused on the thought only until I heard my name echoing across the garden.

Alice was calling for me to follow her, and happy to forget my investigation if for only a few minutes, I did so happily.

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