Dilemma in Yellow Silk
“He knew her better than she imagined. She would do her best to break the connection with him. “She needs us,” he said.
“Yes, she does,” Julius said. “Are the documents the same as the others?”
Marcus nodded. “A copy of the marriage certificate, a birth certificate, and a letter. Very short and to the point. She obviously didn’t have much time. Placing Viola with Gates and his wife gave the child all the protection she needed.” He turned his attention to his father. “What happened?”
Lord Strenshall studied his son. “We were in Rome, and a lady approached us. She carried a letter of recommendation. This was not Maria herself, but one of her servants, who said she needed parents for a motherless child. Gates jumped at the chance. We could not take her, obviously. That was all. When I read the papers later, I wanted to return her to her parents. I advised Gates to have nothing to do with the whole sorry business, but he had fallen in love with the mother and the child by that point.
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