The Beekeeper's Daughter A Novel by Santa Montefiore

Author:Santa Montefiore [Montefiore, Santa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781471101021
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Published: 2014-07-16T22:00:00+00:00

‘Just as I thought,’ Freddie groaned. ‘How I wish I’d been wrong!’

‘How could he?’ Grace exclaimed. ‘He’s gone and broken her heart, just as you predicted.’ She turned to face him. ‘Oh Freddie, could I have done anything to prevent it?’

‘She’s a wilful girl, Grace, you know that. I tried to warn her but she wouldn’t listen.’

‘What’s she going to do?’

‘She’s going to do what we all do when we are let down or disappointed or brokenhearted. We carry on.’ He clenched his teeth and frowned. ‘We get up, dust ourselves down and try to make the best of it. She’ll go to college and she’ll get over him – and perhaps we shall never hear the names Duncliffe or Melville or Penselwood again.’

Grace felt her face flush. ‘I’ll go and talk to her,’ she said and went outside.

She sat beside her daughter and pulled the sobbing girl into her arms. ‘I’m sorry,’ she said gently.

‘I should have listened to Daddy. He knew. Why didn’t I listen?’

‘Because you were in love,’ Grace replied.

‘I hate him!’

‘No, you don’t. You should, but you don’t.’

‘You don’t understand, Mom. You’ve never been there. You’ve only ever loved Daddy. You don’t know what it’s like. I hate him with all my heart. I never want to hear from him or see him ever again.’ Trixie buried her face in her mother’s sweater, and Grace smiled sadly because in spite of the most terrible suffering, the heart goes on loving; that is the beauty of love.

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