(Summer House #2) Return to Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux

Author:Jude Deveraux [Deveraux, Jude]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

"Miss Amy, I'd like a word with you."

She looked up from the bread she was thumping and met Russell's angry eyes. She had no doubt that Zoë had been to see him.

"I can explain," Amy said, moving so she was on the other side of the table from him.

"I would like to hear it." All of the women in the kitchen had stopped working and were staring at him. There wasn't a woman on the place—except Amy and Beth—who hadn't fluttered her eyelashes at Russell Johns.

"Zoë is a friend of mine and she's new here," Amy began, then picked up some carrots and started scraping them.

"And so you felt the need to lie to her about me?"

"She likes to paint and draw. She never stops. I thought you two might get on well together."

"So you told her I was a scrawny little thing with bad teeth and that I needed lessons? That she needed to teach me?"

The entire room stopped and listened, with a few of the younger women trying to suppress their giggles. They were used to Miss Amy going at the master, but she'd never done anything to Mr. Johns.

"I wanted her to feel at ease with you," Amy said. "I wanted her to meet you without knowing who you were at first. You know, Russell, you can be a bit intimidating to an innocent young girl."

"Innocent? She has the conceit of my old painting master. Has she even seen my work? Has she seen that I need no lessons?"

"No…" Amy said slowly. "I didn't let her see for fear that your great talent would make her put down her brush and never pick it up again."

Russell opened his mouth in astonishment. "Do you not fear for your soul when you tell such lies?"

"Only a bit," Amy said. Her head came up. "What have you done with her? So help me, if you threw one of your great rages and called her some name, I'll put sand in your meat pies."

When Russell said nothing, Amy looked at him hard. "You didn't do anything, did you? Who did you tell her you were?"

He turned to the women standing at the side. "I want a basket packed. Fill it with the best. And put some perry in there."

Amy walked around the table to him. "You didn't tell her who you were, did you?"

"I had no chance to tell her," he said. "She came to me with the idea that I was someone else. You told her that."

He was glaring down at her in a way that intimidated most people, but Amy didn't back away. "What did you tell her your name was?"

"I have many names," he said, not looking at her but watching the women pack a basket full of food.

"What are you up to?" Amy asked.

Russell took the basket a woman handed him, then smiled down at Amy. "Do not worry about us. I am going to let her give me drawing lessons." Turning, he walked toward the back door.

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