Wedding Matilda (Redcakes book 6)

Authors: Hiestand, Heather

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“To bring him bad news was deeply unfortunate.
As she walked behind the silent servant up the stairs, she argued with herself. How much should she tell? The stench of the sickroom had changed. While the camphor, lavender, and laudanum were still present, along with coal and smoke, the human reek seemed to have diminished.
She thought Theodore Bliven had looked bad before, but now his tongue rested on the corner of one gray lip. How this emaciated figure needed peace. She sank into the chair at t...he side of the bed and bowed her head.
Unbelievably, Mr. Bliven spoke. “Did you find him?”
She felt tears prick her eyelids. “I am so sorry I didn’t return. We had trouble with the special license.”
“My son?” he rasped.
“Then we had Jacob and I couldn’t leave him, or travel. I am so, so sorry,” she lied, the instinct of a moment.
“Safe?”
“Yes, you poor dear,” she said, touching his hand, which looked more like a claw. Almost all his hair was gone now. She could see a scar on the side of his skull and remembered him telling her about a cricket match gone wrong at school, all the blood.MoreLess Read More Read Less