Breaking All the Rules by Rachael Richey

Author:Rachael Richey [Richey, Rachael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, contemporary, high school crush
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2017-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Friday 17th July

“Kate! Richard’s here.”

Her mother’s voice reached Kate as she was attempting to brush the tangles out of her hair. The weather hadn’t improved, and she had got caught in a very heavy shower, which had caused her hair to puff out like a clown’s wig. She sighed, put down the brush, and clipped all the hair up on top of her head. No time to sort it now. At least she’d managed to smooth her fringe. She got to her feet, checked her reflection in the mirror, and headed for the stairs.

Richard was standing in the hall, chatting to Helen, and he looked up as Kate appeared at the top of the stairs.

“Darling, there you are. I’m so sorry we couldn’t spend time together on Tuesday. It was probably the worst day you could have picked, actually. I was tied up with one thing or another until nearly midnight.” He stepped forward as she reached the bottom step and pulled her to him. “But it was a lovely thought to come and see me.”

Kate stood on the bottom step and stared into Richard’s eyes. “It was my fault,” she said sadly. “I should have thought it through. I just realised how long it was since we’d seen each other, and thought I’d do something about it. Sorry if I embarrassed you.”

“Embarrassed me?” Richard’s eyebrows shot up. “Why on earth would you have embarrassed me? You hardly spoke to anyone.”

“That friend of yours at the court? Tom, wasn’t it? I spoke to him.”

“Ah, Tom’s okay. Bit of an old fusspot, but a good barrister. You hardly had time to talk to him, though.”

“He said something odd, actually.” Kate stepped off the bottom stair and led the way into the conservatory. “I need to ask you about it.”

Richard followed her, and they sat down on the sofa, looking out across the valley. “What did he say? He didn’t upset you, did he?”

“No, no. Nothing like that.” Kate hesitated. “Well, actually, I guess it disturbed me a little.” She glanced up at him. “He thought he already knew me. Seemed to think he’d met me a couple of times at some parties in London. One of them in Mayfair.”

Richard stared at her, a frown furrowing his brow. “So? He was obviously mistaken. What’s the problem?”

Kate shifted uncomfortably. “I thought maybe—maybe you’d been taking other women to parties.”

Richard stared at her, and for just a second, an odd look flashed into his eyes. Then he started to laugh. “Honestly, Kate, you really are the limit. There are lots of girls who look like you. Tom’s not the youngest person in the world, and I’ve been thinking his memory was a bit off lately. You do know there are women at the parties I go to, as well as men, don’t you? And I do talk to them. There were women at the dinner I went to on Tuesday night, too. Are you going to suggest I’m up to no good with them too?”

Kate looked away, her face feeling hot.

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