Rescuing the Heiress (2011)
“She blinked rapidly, hardly believing what lay before her. The street was not only eerily deserted by every single citizen, there wasn’t an armed guard or a soldier apparent, either.
The only nearby action seemed to be taking place directly in front of Papa’s bank. A familiar-looking figure was loading bulging canvas sacks into the back of what looked like a greengrocer’s wagon and covering them with loose hay.
She approached with a frown. “Phineas?”
He didn’t even deign to glance her way. “Wha...t do you want?”
“My father,” Tess said. She looked in the direction of the bank’s double doors, half expecting to see her predictable papa lugging more sacks of money toward the wagon. There was no one else in sight.
“Where is he?” Tess asked.
“How should I know? When I got back from running errands for him he was gone.” Snorting in obvious derision, Phineas began to cough and wheeze. “This smoke’s about to kill us all. I suggest you leave.”
“Not until I find my father.”MoreLess
The only nearby action seemed to be taking place directly in front of Papa’s bank. A familiar-looking figure was loading bulging canvas sacks into the back of what looked like a greengrocer’s wagon and covering them with loose hay.
She approached with a frown. “Phineas?”
He didn’t even deign to glance her way. “Wha...t do you want?”
“My father,” Tess said. She looked in the direction of the bank’s double doors, half expecting to see her predictable papa lugging more sacks of money toward the wagon. There was no one else in sight.
“Where is he?” Tess asked.
“How should I know? When I got back from running errands for him he was gone.” Snorting in obvious derision, Phineas began to cough and wheeze. “This smoke’s about to kill us all. I suggest you leave.”
“Not until I find my father.”MoreLess
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