No Regrets
“ In the matching bottle-green wing chair across the hearth from his father, Lucas stretched out his legs and leaned back. He blew out a sigh and waited for the rest, damning his father's tendency to arrive at ungodly early hours. Lucas had been thrown out of Hell's Kitchen at six this morning, and his head ached and his tongue had enough wool on it to make a blanket.
On his way to bed when his father arrived, he'd raced down to the library clad in his dressing gown. Another mark against hi...m, no doubt.
"I can't believe any son of mine would behave this way," Stockbridge pronounced.
Having heard those words and many others like them before, Lucas closed himself off from their condemnation. He thrust his clenched fists deep in the slippery silk of his pockets. "My wife is perfectly satisfied with our arrangement." His father's voice increased in volume. "Are you telling me Carolyn agrees with you racketing about town, gambling and carousing and setting up a house for your mistress?" Hell.MoreLess
On his way to bed when his father arrived, he'd raced down to the library clad in his dressing gown. Another mark against hi...m, no doubt.
"I can't believe any son of mine would behave this way," Stockbridge pronounced.
Having heard those words and many others like them before, Lucas closed himself off from their condemnation. He thrust his clenched fists deep in the slippery silk of his pockets. "My wife is perfectly satisfied with our arrangement." His father's voice increased in volume. "Are you telling me Carolyn agrees with you racketing about town, gambling and carousing and setting up a house for your mistress?" Hell.MoreLess
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