Last Chance to get my Latest Historical eBook for 99p
At the end of May, all my eBooks, apart from the short stories, will be back to their normal price of £2.25
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Selfless-Susan-Williams-ebook/dp/B0876H1ZSD/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=selfless+susan+williams&qid=1590754074&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
An extract from this eBook.
Enjoy
Ten minutes later and
Gregory and Verity walked into the room. Verity positioned herself on the chair
by the fire and Gregory stood over her. Isabella and Brent remained where they were,
and a long silence ensued.
Unable to stand the
silence any longer Isabella said, ‘You did not bring Ruth back to the cottage.’
Gregory looked at her, slowly
shook his head and said, ‘No. I’m sorry about that, but steady yourself
Isabella and hear me out. Ruth did not want to leave her brothers and I have
decided that she should remain here with us.’
As calmly as she could,
for inside she was dying, Isabella said, ‘Does she want to stay with you?’
‘Yes.’
Isabella wanted to make
things difficult for him. She wanted him to feel the pain she was feeling now,
but what would that achieve?
‘May I see you in private
Gregory.’
‘You have nothing to say
that cannot be said in front of me. On that we are decided’ Verity said
stubbornly, and Isabella screwed her nose up at her.
Isabella gulped back a
tear, but she would not cry in front of Verity.
‘I’m sorry Isabella but I
am with my wife on this. If Ruth is to become a permanent part of this family,
she has a right to stay.’
‘As Ruth’s mother, do I
not have a say?’
‘Of course, you do, but
you know as well as I, that it makes sense for Ruth to be with her family.’
Trying to remain calm she
said, ‘Do you know or even care how I’m feeling? She is my whole life.’
‘Isabella, of course I
know how you feel, I’ve been feeling that way for a long time. How do you think
I feel having to leave her with you every week?’
She said no more.
‘It is agreed then. She
shall remain here.’
A little calmer now
Isabella said, ‘When can I see her then?’
‘For her sake, I think
that unwise,’ Verity said, which annoyed Isabella and she looked at Gregory and
said, ‘Will she give her the love that she gets from me and will she think of
her as her own?’
‘I will, and I do. I love
that little girl as if she were my own flesh and blood and I love Gregory more
than my own life. If Gregory wants the child to remain here, then she will
remain here.’
Isabella started to cry,
and she held onto Brent’s arm even tighter.
‘Can I see her.’
‘I don’t think that is
wise, she has quite made up her mind. If she wants to see you in the future, I
promise I will let her see you.’
‘Swear on your children’s
life that if she is unhappy here, you will bring her home.’
Gregory looked at Verity
who nodded then said, ‘I swear, and please, do not fret so. She will be well
looked after.’
As Gregory and Verity got
up to walk out of the room Brent couldn’t help herself and walked over to
Gregory and said plainly, ‘What has Isabella done so wrong that you feel the
need to torture her like this.’
Gregory remained stoney-
faced and said, ‘Isabella is a good woman. This is not about her. It is about
Ruth.’
Then Gregory bowed to
Isabella and left the room, closely followed by Verity.
Brent looked at Isabella
and was just about to speak when Isabella put her hand in the air to stop her.
She was grief stricken and the last thing she needed was Brent getting at her.
For a good hour, she was unable to move.
Once she was back in the
cottage Isabella immediately pulled the covers off Ruth’s bed, then pulled her
clothes out of the drawers, and satisfied that all evidence of her was packed
away, she sat down to dinner and surprisingly, she ate a little of the broth.
However, she may have packed away all reminders off her, but Gregory couldn’t
stop her from loving her daughter, and they may not want her to see Ruth, but Isabella
was determined to do so, albeit in secret.
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