A Dangerous Love
““What the hell is this?” he demanded to know. He pushed at the gray glutinous mass with his spoon.
“I think it’s porridge,” his older half brother, Duncan Armstrong, ventured.
“It’s burned too,” the laird’s younger brother, Murdoc, noted.
“Who is cooking today?” Conal asked.
“I think Sim,” Murdoc said.
“Conal, we need a cook,” Duncan told the laird. “We can’t go on like this just because you won’t put another woman in the kitchens.”
“Every time I bring a female into the ...keep, one of the men gets her with child, and then she’s gone with her bairn, and more often than not the man follows her. We can’t lose any more men at arms, damn it!” His gray eyes were stormy with his annoyance.
“There’s a simple answer to the problem,” Duncan said. “Find an older woman. One with some common sense, not looking for a man.MoreLess
“I think it’s porridge,” his older half brother, Duncan Armstrong, ventured.
“It’s burned too,” the laird’s younger brother, Murdoc, noted.
“Who is cooking today?” Conal asked.
“I think Sim,” Murdoc said.
“Conal, we need a cook,” Duncan told the laird. “We can’t go on like this just because you won’t put another woman in the kitchens.”
“Every time I bring a female into the ...keep, one of the men gets her with child, and then she’s gone with her bairn, and more often than not the man follows her. We can’t lose any more men at arms, damn it!” His gray eyes were stormy with his annoyance.
“There’s a simple answer to the problem,” Duncan said. “Find an older woman. One with some common sense, not looking for a man.MoreLess
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