Twenty Months by Alicia Rogers

Twenty Months by Alicia Rogers

Author:Alicia Rogers [Rogers, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-29T00:00:00+00:00


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Usually, when she pushed her elder sister to the breaking point – when Jane's hands alternated between the bridge of her nose and her hips and she'd uttered a good swear or two – Elizabeth was quick to amend whatever childish bit of shit she was on at the moment and return to the land of semi-adulthood. This time, however, Jane could not reasonably take credit for steering Lizzie back in the direction of maturity; nor could Charlotte (poor, unfortunate Charlotte) who had become the new victim of several piss and moan fests after the great Jane and Charlie ban on all contact.

The bedroom door creaked open enough to allow the slightly graying dark, curly head of Emily Reyes to poke itself inside. "Good morning, Starshine."

When it came to ridiculously wealthy families and their hired help, Emily Reyes was quite the anomaly. Back when the previous Mr. and Mrs. Darcy were just starting out their lives together, she was hired on as the young couple's maid by the groom's parents – a bizarre housewarming gift if there ever was one. Just two short years after she'd left Cuba, Emily had worked for many of California's finest families; scrubbing many of their fine floors and running after many of their 'fine' rat-faced offspring, and took the crap wages and under appreciation in stride. Working for Emma and Marcus Darcy, however, was a wholly different experience.

She wasn't treated like hired help, but something more along the lines of a friend who happened to clean their house three days a week. When Fitzwilliam and Georgiana came into the picture, Emily's role shifted completely and she very much became a second mother to the children when business and societal duties called away their biological one. The passing of Emma and then Marc signaled yet another new era in her employment; with Fitzwilliam off in LA handling all of Darcy Media's dealings, and Georgie in boarding school on the other side of the country, someone had to remain in Napa to watch over Pemberly. Seamlessly, Emily slipped into the role of managing the estate and was responsible for all of its side business ventures that included a wine label, horse stables, and a line of salad dressings (if Paul Newman could slap his face on a bottle of vinaigrette, so could Marcus Darcy).

Mrs. Reyes was as much a part of the Darcy family as those who had its blood coursing through their veins, and was the closest thing Lizzie would get to a mother-in-law. So, when she learned of their arrangement, and the subsequent unhappiness of the newest missus, Emily immediately befriended Lizzie, making sure to spend enough time with her to keep the poor girl from going completely crazy.

At the sound of the overly cheery voice, Lizzie carefully lifted the covers off of her head. "The earth says hello," she replied and her crooked smile quickly faded. "Wait, is he here?"

Chuckling, Mrs. Reyes took a seat on the end of the bed. "Now, what kind of newlywed can't stand the sight of her husband?"

"The contracted kind.



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