Three Rivers by Roberta Latow

Author:Roberta Latow [Latow, Roberta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0345294467
Publisher: Curtis Brown Digital
Published: 2014-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

VIII

Isabel had not spoken to Alexis since Monday afternoon. She had no idea where he was and what was happening to him, or, for that matter, how he felt about her.

There had been no word from Max, and that was just as well. Ava seemed content, and Kate was relatively quiescent. As for Kate’s trip to London, who knew what would happen about that? She was so changeable; Isabel could only wait and see. Her work was ticking over nicely and she had the time and inclination to work on the present Meredith Montague. And she was with Alexis.

Late in the afternoon she took the dogs out for a walk, and on her way home she saw Gamal, struggling up Hill Street with a huge box wrapped in white paper with red polka dots. On top of it was a huge, red silk bow.

She called to him and walked quickly to meet him. As soon as they entered the house she called Endo to help him. Up the stairs they all trotted — dogs, Gamal, Endo, Isabel and the box.

“One gift for you, Miss Wells,” said Gamal with a wide smile.

She untied the ribbon, tore off the wrappings and lifted the lid off the box, noticing that it was perforated. Before she could reach in, out leapt a pair of tiny, pure white, Chinchilla cats.

Chaos broke loose. Winston and Rita started to bark at the two fluffy, white creatures with the most amazing green eyes. Arthur appeared from nowhere to hunch his back and hiss. Just as Isabel went to grab Arthur, she saw one black, fluffy paw reach over the side of the box, then the other, and then a pair of huge, twinkly blue eyes and a tiny, almost minute, black button of a nose. She had Arthur by this time, and Endo took the black kitten. Isabel was enchanted by them.

By now all three of them had animals in their arms. None of them could stop laughing. They were having a wonderful time.

Before long things began to calm down. Gamal, amazingly, was able to get Rita and Winston playing with one of the cats. The servant handed her an envelope. She opened it and read: “My darling. I wanted you to have a Honey Lamb, Red Moon and Desert Horse. I will take you to lunch tomorrow. Claridges 2:00 P.M. in the bar. Love, Alexis.”

Isabel was overjoyed. All she wanted to do was get on the telephone and call him. She could not resist it, and in her enthusiasm she asked Gamal, “Where is he, Gamal? Where can I find him? I want to call him.”

Gamal, always the faithful servant, said for her to call Alexander. She thought about it and said, “No, never mind. I will wait and thank him tomorrow.”

He saw her disappointment and was very sweet and said, “The box was sent from Paris. You understand, Paris?”

She understood but still decided not to call Alexander; she would wait. She thought Alexis was mad, almost as mad as she was.

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