Callum by Sasha Cottman

Author:Sasha Cottman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Eliza paced back and forth across the front entrance of Follett House. Every so often she stopped, put her hands on her hips, and glared at the door.

“Where the hell are you?” she muttered.

With her angry words delivered, she then went back to pacing.

She could have easily sat in the front sitting room downstairs and watched for Callum out the window, seen him arrive on the doorstep, and then intercepted him as he stepped into the house. But, the anger coursing through her veins would not allow her to sit quietly and wait.

Reid and the other Noble Lords had left more than an hour ago for their scheduled performance at one of London’s grand homes. Callum had not returned by that time and a furious Kendal had stormed out the front door, followed by Owen, and a stony-faced Reid.

Eliza could only pray that Callum had gone directly to the concert from wherever he had spent the day. She had a horrible suspicion that the Noble Lords would not be so fortunate and that Callum would indeed miss the show. He had taken to leaving the house at all hours, regularly missing rehearsals as well as meals.

Tonight, however, would be the first time that he was in danger of actually failing to turn up for a performance.

A knock at the front door stopped her manic pacing.

Mister Green answered it, returning with a folded note in his hand. He gave it to Eliza, and her heart sank at seeing Reid’s handwriting on the outside. She took a deep breath, then opened the note.

Callum is still not here. If he has arrived home, tell him we are due to perform in forty-five minutes. If he is sober enough to play, get his flute from the ballroom, hand it to him, and put him in a bloody hack.

“Should I fetch some notepaper, Lady Eliza?” asked Mister Green.

She considered his offer for a moment, before deciding against penning a reply. Her worry being that the minute she sent Reid a note stating that Callum had not returned, he would set foot in the front door. Silence seemed to speak loudly enough for her purposes.

“Thank you, Mister Green, but I think we should wait,” she replied.

The next and final note arrived from Reid just over an hour later. It was short and to the point. The Noble Lords had been forced to perform this evening without Callum. Though the missive from Reid was brief, Eliza could read between the lines. Her brother was livid. Whenever Callum finally made an appearance, he was going to be on the receiving end of a blistering tirade from Reid and the others.

“This is utterly ridiculous,” she muttered.

There was a good chance that her brother would be throwing Callum out of Follett House this evening. The least she could do was to go and see Lord and Lady Sharp and let them know that their unreliable son would soon be darkening their doorstep once more.

She raced upstairs and rang the bell for her maid.

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