Hattie's Home for Broken Hearts by Tilly Tennant

Hattie's Home for Broken Hearts by Tilly Tennant

Author:Tilly Tennant [Tennant, Tilly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838880019
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2019-07-09T18:30:00+00:00


Hattie was sitting under a tree in the orchard. The only space in the house that was hers alone was her bedroom, and sometimes her bedroom, despite the efforts she’d made to brighten it up, still looked like a room where an old person had died. This evening felt like one of those times, so she’d wrapped herself in a big cardigan and found a quiet spot beneath the plum trees. She could hear the hens pecking and complaining in their coop and a chill breeze rolled across her, setting the hairs on her arms on end.

She looked at the business card in her hand. ‘Call me,’ Owen had said, and he’d looked like he meant it. He’d given her the special one, he’d told her, the one with the hotline to his desk printed on it, but also with his personal number listed too, and he said he didn’t give that one to just anyone. Hattie couldn’t decide if she believed him or even if she trusted him, but she couldn’t deny that in a strange way it added to the attraction. He looked like he might be fun, and even though she’d been quite content to live up at Sweet Briar with the dour Jo, sometimes a girl needed a little fun.

She picked up her phone and dialled Melinda’s number.

‘Hey!’ Melinda’s voice was bright on the line. ‘Where have you been hiding – I haven’t heard from you in days. I was beginning to think Medusa had locked you up in her basement or turned you into pig feed or something.’

‘We don’t have any pigs.’

‘Oh, don’t be so clever. She could sell your remains for other people’s pigs then. Perhaps she thought nobody would notice you were gone.’

‘You’re painting a lovely picture. Did I ever tell you that I wonder why I’m friends with you sometimes? I think now might be one of those times.’

‘You shouldn’t leave me for days on end without calling me then. You know my imagination goes crazy.’

‘Sorry to disappoint you but I’ve been doing nothing more interesting than trying to get all this visitor stuff sorted.’

‘Oh, of course. How’s that going?’

‘Good. I mean, we haven’t actually had any visitors yet but Lance introduced me to his second cousin—’

‘The journalist? He told me about that. How did it go? Is he going to run a story? Are you going to be famous? Can I tell people I know you or will I have to sign some sort of secrecy contract?’

‘I’m pretty sure that won’t be necessary.’

‘Famous for fifteen minutes, eh?’

‘More like fifteen seconds.’

‘Lance said you seemed to get on well with his cousin,’ Melinda said. Her tone was all innocence but Hattie knew her better than that. She couldn’t help a smile as she looked down at Owen’s business card.

‘We did.’

‘Ooooh. Do tell. Any developments in your relationship status I should know about?’

‘Maybe. I don’t know. I mean, I’m interested but something tells me he’s trouble.’

‘Aren’t they your favourite type?’

‘Maybe even more than I can handle.



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