Until You're Mine
“An old house like this seems to sigh out dust, and every few days Jan comes to make it right again. This is the first time we’ve really chatted; the first time she’s set down her vacuum cleaner and bucket of sprays.
‘I knew Elizabeth well.’ She buttons up her cardigan. ‘She was nothing like Claudia,’ she confesses from over the froth of her cappuccino. I’ve finally learnt how to use the coffee machine. ‘You wouldn’t think the same man chose them both as his wife.’ My ears prick up. I don’t know... much about Elizabeth outside the information learnt during my snooping session in James’s study – although none of that proved exactly what I needed. All I really know is that she was James’s first wife and the twins’ birth mother.
‘Elizabeth was different to the rest of her family, that’s for sure.’ Jan lets out an approving chuckle. ‘She absolutely adored James. She was madly in love with him and wilted for at least a fortnight after he left on a mission. She distracted herself with her work and would catch the bus to her office completely barefoot.MoreLess
‘I knew Elizabeth well.’ She buttons up her cardigan. ‘She was nothing like Claudia,’ she confesses from over the froth of her cappuccino. I’ve finally learnt how to use the coffee machine. ‘You wouldn’t think the same man chose them both as his wife.’ My ears prick up. I don’t know... much about Elizabeth outside the information learnt during my snooping session in James’s study – although none of that proved exactly what I needed. All I really know is that she was James’s first wife and the twins’ birth mother.
‘Elizabeth was different to the rest of her family, that’s for sure.’ Jan lets out an approving chuckle. ‘She absolutely adored James. She was madly in love with him and wilted for at least a fortnight after he left on a mission. She distracted herself with her work and would catch the bus to her office completely barefoot.MoreLess
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