So in Love by Karen Ranney

Author:Karen Ranney [Karen Ranney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 9780739443750
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Publisher: Avon
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Jeanne dressed and, as she usually did, rearranged her neckline so that her mother’s pendant wouldn’t show. Her hand flattened against the base of her throat as she remembered that she’d left it behind. Although not an especially pretty piece of jewelry, it was a last link to her mother, the last link to Vallans, and perhaps even to her past. As much as she valued it, however, she wouldn’t be so foolish as to return to the Hartley home, not when she’d taken such pains to escape it.

At breakfast the staff was in their usual talkative mood, the conversation turning, as it usually did, to Douglas and Margaret.

“When do you expect them to return?” Jeanne asked when, one by one, the staff dispersed. Her heart beat quicker as she waited for Betty to answer.

“The Gathering lasts a month, so they’ll be back then. Mr. Douglas never takes more time away from his business. Even though,” she added, “Miss Margaret often stays longer. This year, for example, she went with Mr. Hamish and his wife three weeks early. Very close with them, she is.

“The time will pass quickly enough, you’ll see,” Betty said, as if she knew how discomfited Jeanne was by that information. “Cook is practicing some new recipes for Miss Margaret and I’m busy with my own set of errands. One day they’ll be back and you’ll wonder where the time went.”

“Is there anything I can do to help?” Jeanne asked, looking around the immaculate kitchen. Even at the convent she’d been given tasks to accomplish. The unoccupied hours since Douglas had left had given her too much time to think about him.

“Oh, no, miss, we have it all in hand. You should enjoy your free hours. There’s a sweet little park on the corner. You might wish to take a walk and enjoy the day. I myself have plans to do the very same. Have you ever noticed that the air is so much clearer after a storm?”

Jeanne watched as Betty wiped down the already spotless table, washed the rag, and spread it out to dry. “Would you be going toward town?” she asked. “If so, I have a favor to ask.”

Betty glanced at her curiously. “What is it, miss?”

“I’ve left my locket where I used to work. I need someone to retrieve it for me.”

“Used to work?”

Jeanne clasped her hands before her, wondering if it was a wise thing to mention the necklace. How much else would she have to divulge? “I was employed as a governess to Robert Hartley’s oldest child.”

“I had no idea you’d been in service here in Edinburgh,” Betty said. The other woman had perfected the art of revealing nothing. Her round face was carefully devoid of expression and her eyes held no emotion at all. “Mr. Douglas only told us you were from France.”

Jeanne took refuge in silence. Betty had been friendly to her from the first, but there was a decided chill to the air now as she twisted the rag she’d just smoothed across the work surface.

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