An Agent for Hazel by P Creeden

Author:P Creeden [Creeden, P]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00

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When the train arrived in the station, Hazel could hardly contain herself. Denver was one of the largest cities the train had taken them through since they’d entered the western territories. It was almost like being back in the east for the size and the number of people and their fashions, but then the buildings were made of wood instead of stone and brick, and the streets were not cobbled like they were back home.

“Sit still, Hazel,” Father growled at her. “You will make me nervous by the way your knees are shaking.”

Hazel hadn’t even realized that her knees had been quaking such until he’d said so. She placed her hands over them to get them to stop. “Sorry, Father. It’s just so exciting to finally be here. Will Ruby or Savannah meet us at the station?”

His lips thinned as he shook his head and took another puff of his pipe. “Savannah telegraphed me to let me know that neither of them would be able to come. Instead, she’s hired someone to help us settle into the right hotel and help guide us through the city. It’s another Pinkerton Agent, in fact.”

Her breath hitched as her eyes went wide. Another agent. She grew excited as she thought it might be Geoffrey. The two of them had gotten a bit close after the wedding when he’d asked her as they walked through the park if she’d ever caught a frog before. For some reason, when the two of them got together, Hazel didn’t feel like an adult and graduate of Vassar, but instead like a middle grade school girl with a bit of a crush on an older student. Would it be wrong for her to marry her brother-in-law? Ruby and Savannah both seemed to disapprove of the possibility, but maybe this would be her chance to get to know Geoffrey better?

The train lurched a bit as the wheels squealed against the track before coming to a complete stop and growing silent. As soon as the noise of the train receded, the murmurs of the people outside their private car grew to fill the vacancy. Hazel caught her knees shaking again. She wanted to get up. She wanted to stand and run out the car with the rest of the crowd, but her father still sat in his seat, smoking his pipe, and Mother had yet to put her sewing away.

“The train has stopped,” Hazel reminded them.

Mother looked up from her sewing and offered a head tilt and a smile. “There’s no rush, child. Denver isn’t going anywhere.”

Exasperated, Hazel released another sigh. “But can we at least start to move as though we are going to get off this train?”

Putting her sewing back in her carpet bag, Mother rolled her eyes. “I suppose so.”

Father put away his pipe and stood.

Finally! Hazel leapt to her feet and turned about in the car to get her carpet back from the overhead storage space. With her heart beating an excited thrum in

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