Hismarriagebargain (2014)
“ Tamara glanced at her wristwatch again. It was unlike Samuel to be more than fifteen minutes late. He knew how cross that made her. He was half an hour late already, and she’d heard nary a word from him.
Exasperated with her progeny, Tamara rose to her feet and crossed to the delicate marble table. Cleverly hidden behind a stand of flowers was an old rotary phone that matched the rest of the antique garden decor. She dialed his cell phone, growing annoyed when he didn’t answer.
“Ma’am?” The h...ousekeeper hovered in the doorway.
“What is it?”
The woman had been on staff since the beginning of the year and hadn’t lost her nervous, birdlike demeanor. “Samuel’s office called. He left a message that he won’t be in until next week.”
“Out? Why?” Was he sick? Had she missed something yesterday?
“They didn’t say, only that no one could get hold of him.”
Tamara waved a hand at the woman, dismissing her. When she was alone, she took out the silver key attached to her charm bracelet and opened a white door set back into the wall.MoreLess
Exasperated with her progeny, Tamara rose to her feet and crossed to the delicate marble table. Cleverly hidden behind a stand of flowers was an old rotary phone that matched the rest of the antique garden decor. She dialed his cell phone, growing annoyed when he didn’t answer.
“Ma’am?” The h...ousekeeper hovered in the doorway.
“What is it?”
The woman had been on staff since the beginning of the year and hadn’t lost her nervous, birdlike demeanor. “Samuel’s office called. He left a message that he won’t be in until next week.”
“Out? Why?” Was he sick? Had she missed something yesterday?
“They didn’t say, only that no one could get hold of him.”
Tamara waved a hand at the woman, dismissing her. When she was alone, she took out the silver key attached to her charm bracelet and opened a white door set back into the wall.MoreLess
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