The Secrets of Eastcliff-by-the-Sea

Author:Eileen Beha
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beach Lane Books

Birth of the Blues

For the next three days as Annaliese recuperated, Miss Pine and Mrs. Wiggins often left her alone to sleep. A large dose of rest and time, Dr. Webb advised, was the best medicine.

Throckmorton, Captain Eugene, Sir Rudyard, and Miss Beatrice enjoyed a long-overdue family reunion at her bedside. The sock monkeys relished this rare opportunity to share secrets, tell stories, and yes, repeat juicy gossip about their keepers.

Captain Eugene had the biggest stash of information, but Throckmorton held a luscious secret: Ebenezer the Lighthouse Keeper, whom they’d meet at Great-Grandmama’s party, had a giant diamond buried inside his heart. (Maybe they all did!)

Throckmorton decided that he’d let the others chatter, chatter, chatter . . . until the moment was right. Then, when the spotlight was his and his alone, he’d tell all.

One night, Sir Rudyard asked Captain Eugene if he knew what had really happened between Olivia and the judge.

Captain Eugene was ever-so-happy to tell them.

“Annaliese was only a few months old,” he explained, “when the housekeeper moved Evan and Teddy into that baby-blue bedroom across the hall from the nursery. Teddy and I slept in one bed. Evan slept alone in the other. I remember Evan telling Teddy at the time that Sir Rudyard was lost. One night, Olivia came in to say good night. But instead of a bringing a storybook, she was carrying a suitcase.”

“What kind of suitcase?” Throckmorton asked.

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