Masters And Lovers 1-4

Chapter 61

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Driving back to the office, Edward turns to his son. “So, what do you make of that Richie?”

“It all sounds good Dad, but what would happen if something went wrong? Suppose he couldn’t keep up the loan payments on that land, for example?”

“There are ways of protecting yourself against that sort of thing, son.”

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Michael

Charlotte is white and starting to tremble. Eyes streaming, shaking violently, she drops her face into her hands.

Christ….

…. She’s going to collapse….

James, his expression alarmed, is already rising, but I’m there before him, catching her before she falls.

Supporting her as I guide her back down, I pull her back to cradle her on my lap. She’s not usually a ‘sitting on the knee’ kind of girl, but by any measure, this is a special occasion.

“Shhh….” I kiss her hair, murmuring something to her. She’s sobbing and crying into my chest…. “It’s alright. It’s alright.”

Richard, his face stricken, stands. “Charlotte, I….”

“Just emotional,” I say. “Don’t worry. She’ll be fine in a minute.”

Richard nods, then walks to a cupboard, taking out a bottle of brandy. He splashes a measure into a glass passing it to me, then holds up the bottle, looking around the room.

“Good idea,” says James. “One of those all-round I think.”

this can’t be right,” protests Beth. “Uncle Albert never had a daughter. He only had sons. I knew David and Stephen. There were others who’d grown up and left, but there

if the family disinherited her,” I point out.

would they

flashes a glance at

women in

both with tender

too. Would that be enough? You know your family better

She speaks slowly. “Yes, it might, with Stephen certainly. And when Uncle Albert remarried…. Aunt Delia would never have let a ‘loose woman’ into the house.” She sits, shaking

years yet when this all started. And later, you would still have been

asks James. “The

faraway look

in

“Yes.”

other words, just about the right age to

to pull herself together. “Sorry about that.” She’s a bit teary, but the tension is

“My apologies, Charlotte. I shouldn’t have blurted it out like that. I simply didn’t think about what a shock

think there’s a better way you

“I think we can agree that however startling Richard’s revelation might be, we now have two avenues to follow to try to trace Michelle Kimberley. One is this….”

says. “Stephen and David must know. I’ll

could call them,” says Richard. “Save yourself a long

“They’ve ducked the question every time I’ve

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a successful business, as James once pointed out to me, is if you can turn your back on it

Richard puts just about everything on hold. “Unless it’s urgent, Francis, I

course not, Richard. Is there anything specific you consider

rely on

James, Charlotte in the conference room to work our way through Albert’s papers. What was once an annoying task, sorting through

Beth?” James raises

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