The Lost Sisterhood (2014)
“—AESCHYLUS, Prometheus Bound GATWICK AIRPORT IF MR. LUDWIG WAS SURPRISED TO FIND ME SITTING AT THE DEPARture gate, casually leafing through an abandoned boating magazine, he didn’t show it. He merely nodded, as if my presence was to be expected, and said, “Coffee?”
As soon as he had disappeared, I deflated with relief and exhaustion. For all my assumed calm, the past few hours had undoubtedly been the most hectic of my life, and I had been at a breathless gallop ever since finding Granny’s note...book in the attic. Fortunately, my father had been perfectly available for a small adventure and had insisted on driving me all the way to the airport. “Although I do confess to a slight curiosity,” he had said, quite reasonably, while we were parked briefly in front of my Oxford college and I was struggling to squeeze a hastily packed suitcase into the backseat of the Mini.
“It’s just for a night or two,” I replied, sliding into the passenger seat and tightening my disheveled ponytail.MoreLess
As soon as he had disappeared, I deflated with relief and exhaustion. For all my assumed calm, the past few hours had undoubtedly been the most hectic of my life, and I had been at a breathless gallop ever since finding Granny’s note...book in the attic. Fortunately, my father had been perfectly available for a small adventure and had insisted on driving me all the way to the airport. “Although I do confess to a slight curiosity,” he had said, quite reasonably, while we were parked briefly in front of my Oxford college and I was struggling to squeeze a hastily packed suitcase into the backseat of the Mini.
“It’s just for a night or two,” I replied, sliding into the passenger seat and tightening my disheveled ponytail.MoreLess
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