Faith by Peggy McKenzie

Author:Peggy McKenzie [McKenzie, Peggy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-23T05:00:00+00:00

Faith felt as if she was moving in slow motion after the scene she had just witnessed. The sight of that woman wrapped up in the very same arms that held her just last night, kissing the very same lips that kissed her with so much passion at the bottom of the Hanovers’ stairs was too much. How could Liam do such a thing? She never once dreamed he was such a scoundrel.

She had no right to be angry. Or jealous. After all, she had no claim on him, and yet—

She delivered the coffee to Mr. Hanover and turned to quit the room, but Liam stopped her at the door.

“Faith, I’m sorry. That was very inappropriate and I assure you—“

“Don’t bother explaining to me, Mr. O’Brien. What you do behind closed doors is your business. Now if you will excuse me, I have work to do.”

“Faith, would you mind grabbing your notepad and pen, and taking notes for this meeting?” Hiram’s words called out to her from Liam’s office.

“Of course, Mr. Hanover. I’ll be right back.” Faith reluctantly hurried to her desk, picked up her pad and pen from her desk, and returned to Liam’s office. She would rather not have to face the object of her heart’s desire, fresh from the arms of a married woman.

By the time she returned, Hiram and Liam were sitting in the chairs across from Liam’s desk. She sat in the chair in the corner, out of the way and yet close enough to hear everything that was said.

“Liam, why don’t you start at the beginning and tell us what trumped up reasons Mrs. Markham used to stage this circus act.”

For the next hour, Faith listened intently as Liam explain to Hiram the purpose of the wretched woman’s visit.

Faith scribbled furiously on her pad, trying to capture as many comments as possible. The more she heard, the more lighthearted she grew.

Finally the truth of this morning’s unfortunate little scene was clear. Mrs. Markham wanted a divorce from her husband and was plotting revenge against him for all the real or perceived transgressions he’d perpetrated against her. A strange turn of events for Liam’s client’s case, but a welcome one if Mr. Hanover and Liam’s enthusiasm was any indication. A sudden dark cloud scurried across her new-found insight. If Lavinia Markham was no longer married, did that mean Liam could be openly interested in the beautiful and wealthy woman? Faith wasn’t certain where Liam’s interests were, no matter how many kisses he doled out to innocent women like herself. Perhaps he simply liked kissing women. Any woman. The thought settled hard in her chest.

“Now, if we are all in agreement, Liam needs to talk to the judge and request a continuance for today’s hearing. I can’t imagine Mr. Markham’s attorney will object. He’s a well-respected man Markham brought in from Denver with a reputation for being a reasonable and fair adversary. Then we can process these documents and the testimony of Mrs. Markham, and ask the court for a trial date.

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