Hidden Jewel (Landry Series #4) by V. C. Andrews

Author:V. C. Andrews
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Family secrets, Landry family (Fictitious characters) - Fiction, Family, Horror, New Orleans (La.), Romantic suspense fiction, General, Sagas, Suspense, Romantic suspense novels, Problem families - Louisiana - New Orleans, Fiction, Louisiana, Landry family (Fictitious characters)
ISBN: 9780671873202
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1995-12-01T06:00:00+00:00

Daddy nodded and smiled at a memory."When I first set eyes on your mother, I thought she was Gisselle. It was during Mardi Gras, and we were all getting into our costumes. I met her in front of the house, thinking Gisselle had dressed up like a poor girl. I should have realized Gisselle would never do anything like that, even for a costume party. I kept insisting she was Gisselle because I didn't even know Gisselle had a twin. After your mother's continued protests, I realized she was someone else, and I looked at her more closely. She was so fresh and natural, timid, but not afraid to say what she thought. Sometimes," he said after a long pause, "I wonder if she wouldn't have been better off if she'd remained here in this world."

"But what about her grandfather, and the terrible thing he was doing, selling her to a man for his wife?" I reminded him.

"Yes, that's true. Every place has its problems, I guess."

"Daddy, don't you think we should call or go see Aunt Jeanne?"

"Maybe after we check Cypress Woods," he said. "I'm not anxious to run into Gladys Tate."

"Why does Aunt Jeanne's mother hate us so, Daddy? Is it just because of their losing the trial?"

"No. Gladys blamed your mother for what happened to her son Paul. After his death she started the custody battle even though she knew you weren't Paul's real daughter. She did it for revenge. She never wanted Paul to be with your mother, of course, and from what Ruby has told me, I understand she was never very pleasant to either of you after you moved to Cypress Woods."

"Aunt Jeanne told me her mother was crippled up with arthritis these days. She doesn't get around much."

"Yeah, well, hate twists and turns your insides until you become something even you despise,"

Daddy said. "It's best we avoid her."

So much of Mommy's past was dark and

unhappy. I understood why she had resorted to voodoo rituals and good-luck charms and why she believed that old curses followed in her shadow. Poor Mommy, I thought. She was in such torment.

Our food was delicious, but neither Daddy nor I had the appetite we expected. We were both thinking only about Mommy now. I hoped we would find her soon.

The roof of the mansion my uncle Paul had

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