Full Steam Ahead
“Even with the loose lacing she’d always preferred, she swore she could feel her corset compressing her lungs. But she dared not show any weakness. With the snake out of the way now, the boy might try to take off again.
When Mrs. Wellborn had cried thief, Nicole’s heart plummeted to her stomach. Had Will and Fletcher paid the boy to ransack the house while they’d all been away at church? It wouldn’t be hard for the boy to pick her room out from the others. How much time had he spent inside b...efore they’d come home? Enough time to search the few drawers and under the mattress and realize that the Lafitte Dagger must be hidden elsewhere? Had he been clever enough to notice the uneven floorboard? He was a small lad, his eyes closer to the floor than a man’s.
Most likely the boy was simply looking for a few baubles to pawn, but she couldn’t be too careful. Her family’s future rested on that dagger. If even the slimmest chance existed that this boy had it, she’d chase him all the way to the Gulf.MoreLess
When Mrs. Wellborn had cried thief, Nicole’s heart plummeted to her stomach. Had Will and Fletcher paid the boy to ransack the house while they’d all been away at church? It wouldn’t be hard for the boy to pick her room out from the others. How much time had he spent inside b...efore they’d come home? Enough time to search the few drawers and under the mattress and realize that the Lafitte Dagger must be hidden elsewhere? Had he been clever enough to notice the uneven floorboard? He was a small lad, his eyes closer to the floor than a man’s.
Most likely the boy was simply looking for a few baubles to pawn, but she couldn’t be too careful. Her family’s future rested on that dagger. If even the slimmest chance existed that this boy had it, she’d chase him all the way to the Gulf.MoreLess
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