An Invitation to Scandal
“Caelie lowered the book she had been reading and stared across the small rounded table in the breakfast room. Abigail’s mother was still abed. Benedict hid away in his study, likely going over ledgers in the vain hope the numbers would change in their favor, and Aunt Edythe remained in her rooms, as she was want to do these days. She and Caelie had the room to themselves.It was Abigail’s favorite room of the house. Morning light poured in through the windows and gave the pale yellow walls a war...m glow. But today, her usual joy had abandoned her. Today she wished she could emulate her Aunt—hide away in the darkness and wish it all away.Caelie closed her book, a clear signal she did not intend to leave the subject alone. “Did something happen at the masquerade?”Did something happen? How did she answer? Yes, something happened. Something so devastating she did know where to begin. The pain was too raw, the humiliation too deep. Still, she couldn’t keep it bottled up inside. She’d die if she did.“Have you ever done something so blindly foolish it was as if, for a brief moment, you were someone else entirely?MoreLess
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