All Roads Lead Home (2011)
All Roads Lead Home
“The opening course, a beef consommé, had already been served by the time Mariah arrived in the dining room. Freshly baked dinner rolls enticed with their yeasty aroma. Her mouth watered. How long had it been since she tasted fresh bread?
Gillard, of course, presided at the head of the aristocratically long table. He seated Mariah to his left and Anna to his right. Hendrick did not look pleased that he’d been relegated to the chair beside his sister. Though their party amounted to only four,... the entire twelve places had been set in shimmering bone china and sterling flatware.
“Are you expecting more guests?” Mariah asked. Gillard wasn’t the type to allow his staff to dine with him. She wondered if the mysterious lady friend or friends would appear.
“Not tonight.” He picked up his napkin with a flourish.
“Then why set the table for twelve?”
His chestnut hair, now parted down the middle in the style of film actor Rudolph Valentino, gleamed with brilliantine.MoreLess
Gillard, of course, presided at the head of the aristocratically long table. He seated Mariah to his left and Anna to his right. Hendrick did not look pleased that he’d been relegated to the chair beside his sister. Though their party amounted to only four,... the entire twelve places had been set in shimmering bone china and sterling flatware.
“Are you expecting more guests?” Mariah asked. Gillard wasn’t the type to allow his staff to dine with him. She wondered if the mysterious lady friend or friends would appear.
“Not tonight.” He picked up his napkin with a flourish.
“Then why set the table for twelve?”
His chestnut hair, now parted down the middle in the style of film actor Rudolph Valentino, gleamed with brilliantine.MoreLess
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