Miss Sally's Unsuitable Soldier by Maggie Dallen

Author:Maggie Dallen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Maggie Dallen

Chapter 7

Rebecca’s dark brown curls tickled Sally’s nose as her sister wrapped herself around one of Sally’s arms with a squeak of excitement. “Oh, I am so happy you agreed to accompany me into town today, Sally. It’s so much more fun to explore with you.”

“By explore, do you by chance mean shopping?” Sally teased.

Rebecca laughed. “Perhaps. But…” She cast Sally a sidelong glance. “Don’t tell me you were not just as excited to sneak away from that stuffy manor with all its insufferable ladies and gentlemen.”

The way Rebecca lifted her nose in the air and the ridiculous tone of voice she used had Sally laughing outright. “I will not deny it. An excursion was well needed.” She squeezed Rebecca’s arm. “Even if I do have to watch you squander your allowance on silly trifles.”

Their maid had been trailing along behind them but Sally and Rebecca had told her to feel free and do her own errands and take some time for herself. The two girls had both required some time to talk amongst themselves. Shopping had never been high on Sally’s list of priorities, but she could absolutely admit that having some time alone and outdoors with one of her sisters felt like the best form of comfort right now.

Not that she needed comforting.

But she did need a respite from the cacophony of thoughts and feelings that had been brewing and swelling with each passing minute that she spent in Sebastian’s company.

Rebecca squeezed her arm again. “Oh, I wish Hattie and Abigail could be here with us. And Minerva, too, of course. But something tells me she’s having more fun than any of us with that pirate of hers.”

“Undoubtedly.” Sally frowned at the thought of her other two sisters. “I do hope Abigail is getting on all right with Mr. Calhoun.”

Rebecca giggled. “I believe our dear, sweet sister is more than pleased to be spending so much time alone with the scowling giant.”

“Rebecca!” she said with a shocked gasp.

Rebecca shrugged, unrepentant. “What? It’s true! Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed the way she blushes and ducks her head whenever his name is mentioned.”

Sally made a noncommittal sound. She had noticed. More than that, she’d noticed the way Abigail had insisted on coming along each and every day while Sally had been tasked with changing his bandages and making sure his wound did not fester. Still, it was hard to imagine their sweetest, most maternal sister falling in love with an oversized growling beast like Mr. Calhoun.

But then again, she’d been shocked to discover that prim and proper Minerva had fallen in love with a mysterious pirate. So perhaps Sally was not the sharpest sister when it came to matters of the heart.

Not wishing to speculate any longer about Abigail, she turned her attention to the youngest. “At least we can be confident that Hattie is all right—”

“Oh yes!” Rebecca interjected. “She’s likely relishing the silence in the house. All the better for her to read her novels.”

Sally laughed, trying

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