The Third heiress by Joyce Brenda

Author:Joyce, Brenda
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Englilsh nobility--fiction, Romance--fiction, Aristocrats
Publisher: St Martins Paperback

Katherine Gallagher, remains missing. Her disappearance was reported earlier in the year in the month of January by her mother, Mrs. Peter Gallagher of New York City.' "

Jill was silent. Then Alex touched her, lightly. "Well, they didn't postpone the wedding."

She turned to look at him. "No, they didn't." She was wide awake now. She no longer felt the effects of the wine. "I feel sick."

"You're taking this too personally," Alex said. Then, "Maybe she was pregnant, too."

Jill stared at him, and said, "Is that a joke? A bad one?"

"Not really."

"Do you think he was toying with them both?"

"He wasn't toying with Anne, Jill. She came from a premier family. She was an heiress. She was the perfect choice for a wife."

Jill stared at him, flushing with anger. "But Kate was low class, even though she was wealthy—is that your point?"

"I'm not trying to argue with you. I've lived here most of my life. Class lines still exist, and anyone who tells you otherwise is full of it."

She moved away from him and the laptop. "Kate was to Edward what I was to Hal." Then she added, "Except I don't have money, and she did."

"This is a very old, entrenched family," Alex said softly.

"Why don't you just spit it out?" Jill heard how bitter she sounded. "Hal would never have married me. Even if he had wanted to, Thomas and William would not have allowed it."

"He would have had a world war on his hands."

Jill stood. "Why do you have to always call a spade a spade?"

Alex rose slowly to his feet. He had also kicked off his shoes, Jill saw inanely. "Do you want me to lie to you? What good will that do? Isn't it better knowing the truth—so you don't make the same mistake twice?"

Jill shook her head. "Don't worry. I'm never making the same mistake ag2iin." She meant it. It was a vow that she had made to herself, one she intended to keep.

"Jill." The one word was laden with sympathy.

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