The End of Innocence by Allegra Jordan

Author:Allegra Jordan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2014-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

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A cold rain began to fall as Wils walked Helen from his car up to the steps of Longworth Hall. He promised to call on her father as soon as possible to ask for his blessing. Not caring a whit for the rain, she glided into the building. Ann would be astonished at the news!

“Miss Brooks! Your father—” Miss Sullivan called out.

“Does he know?” Helen asked, surprised.

“Know what?” the large woman said with a snort. “Don’t interrupt. Your father called to take you home. Your mother’s been arrested, again”—she emphasized the word in her ham-handed manner—“for giving safe haven to criminals. Your driver is picking you up in five minutes to meet your brother, who is already at City Hall. He said to pack for a few nights and meet him at the corner.” Miss Sullivan seemed almost delighted at the news.

Helen walked upstairs, the color draining from her face. As she closed the door behind her she burst into tears. They flowed freely as she swiftly gathered her things into an evening bag—a notebook, brushes, a change of clothes.

Not now. Wils was leaving. She couldn’t go.

She took a deep breath, drying her tears on the back of her hand and dashing off a quick note to let Ann know where she was.

She should be glad to be free of Radcliffe for now. After what happened on the river, the place suddenly felt too small for her, with Miss Sullivan below as her juvenile jailer.

She was no longer a child to be moved by her mother’s or Miss Sullivan’s caprice. She was Wils Brandl’s wife.

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