“I waved back. After a struggle, I managed to get the truck in gear, then put my foot on the gas and slowly drove along the winding driveway to Cliff House, one of the largest of the magnificent Newport mansions that lined the shoreline of Newport, Rhode Island.As I drew closer to the grand building, I felt a slight flush of embarrassment, as I had every morning since I started working there.I pulled round to the back of the house, not wanting to embarrass the owners any more than necessary. It ...was only seven-thirty am. So I still had half an hour to kill before Mrs. Wicker would open up the front doors.I needed to sort through the stuff in the back of my truck, so my early arrival wasn’t a problem. I’d turned up early for work every morning this week. I don’t think I had ever been as excited about a job as I was about this one.I jumped down from my truck and took a deep breath. I could smell the ocean and freshly cut grass. The smell reminded me of the other reason I’d turned up early this morning: The estate’s head gardener.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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