Percy's Unexpected Bride (Dalton Brides, Book 7) by Kit Morgan

Author:Kit Morgan [Morgan, Kit]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 25355680
Publisher: Angel Creek Press
Published: 2015-04-13T04:00:00+00:00

Eight

The next morning Adele awoke to the smell of frying bacon and potatoes. The lovely aroma reminded her of the promise she’d made to herself the night before, that she’d ask for help.

Before she’d fallen asleep, she’d realized how little she knew about any domestic chores, not just cooking. Her family hadn’t been rich, but they were still well-off; they’d had servants. She even still had money in the bank back in Beckham, and wondered if it was safe to contact Elizabeth Miller and have her wire it to Texas for her. But what if the men who had abducted her found out and used it to follow her to the ranch? So far the only one outside of Texas who knew of her whereabouts (she hoped) was Elizabeth. She was the one that made the arrangements, gotten her to the train station and sent her off ...

Enough – she didn’t want to have to think about that right now. Instead she got up, got dressed and went down to breakfast.

When Adele entered the kitchen Gwen was just dishing up plates for two children. The little girl must be Savannah, she thought, the boy Bart and Bonnie’s son Jedediah. “Good morning.”

Gwen looked over her shoulder at her. “Good morning! Did you sleep well?”

“I had a hard time falling asleep at first, but once I did it was fine.”

Gwen turned and set the plates on the table. “All right, you two, try not to make a mess.” She looked at Adele. “Go ahead and have a seat, and I’ll fix you a plate.”

“Thank you,” Adele said as she glanced around the kitchen. “Have you been up long? I’m sorry if I overslept.”

“A few hours. I get up and fix Walton his breakfast, have some myself, then get a few chores done before Savannah wakes up. As you can see today I have two little ones.”

“Oh dear, then I’ve really overslept.”

“Don’t worry about it. You were very tired after your long journey.”

“I was. I’d appreciate it if you woke me when you get up tomorrow – I’d like to be able to help out.”

“Well, that’s very nice of you to offer. I’ll take you up on that.”

Adele put her hands on the table and stared at them as Gwen poured her a cup of coffee. “You could help me out as well.”

Gwen put the cup on the table as her eyebrows raised in curiosity. “How so?”

“Well, you see … I’m afraid my skills at running a household are minimal. I can tell a maid what to do, but …”

Gwen laughed. “But doing any of it yourself, you have no experience, right?”

Adele nodded as she blushed with embarrassment. “I’m afraid so. My mother never taught me how to cook because … well, for years we had one, not to mention a maid. After my parents died I had to let them go. I didn’t think I could afford them.”

Gwen set a plate of food in front of her, poured herself a cup of coffee and sat.

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