Sarah Thompson
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45 Mother-in-law (2) In the Barrett household, Kate dragged her feet downstairs to head for breakfast. Her body felt heavy as she was unable to sleep last night due to her father’s death. She hoped to stay awake to prolong the morning from coming when she would have to help her mother start planning for her father’s funeral. Life was strange in Kate’s opinion. One moment her father had been here, giving her everything she ever wanted, and now he was gone. For the first time, their house felt…
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44 Mother-in-law (1) “Is there something you need from me, Edgar? Aside from getting a reaction out of me from your teasing. Why did you want to come inside the bathroom?” Alessandra knew there had to be a reason why he was here. Unless he was only here to tease her? If so, was Edgar truly a bored person? “I wanted to confirm that there is no one here. Did they leave as soon as they brought the basket? They were supposed to help you get dressed.” Edgar gave clear instructions earlier while…
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43 Meet the Duchess (3) “That is enough,” Alessandra could no longer take the pain of Jennifer purposely trying to make her bald. She searched her own hair last night and did not come across any of these so-called knots Jennifer was referring to. “Have I upset you in some sort of way?” She had to ask. Alessandra wanted to know whether it was the rumors of her being cursed or something else that she unknowingly did to upset Jennifer. “No you have not Duchess,” Jennifer set the brush to…
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42 Meet the Duchess (2) “My lady!” Alessandra’s eyes slowly opened as the faint sound of someone’s voice could be heard in the distance. “Why is someone here so early?” She muttered, drifting back to sleep. “My lady!” “Yes?” Alessandra replied, opening her eyes once again at the sound of someone’s voice. “They don’t normally come so early. Where,” she paused as the unfamiliar sight of furniture greeted her. Alessandra sat up to look around the room she was in.…
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41 Meet the Duchess (1) Somehow, Oliver could not seem to realize his actions of constantly trying to have Edgar thrown in a cell. Oliver for some reason disliked the additional power the King gave to Edgar and looked to find a flaw in every job he did. Oliver was the one to end the friendship so why was he so invested in meddling in Edgar’s business? Edgar had long let go of their friendship after Oliver started to distance himself in the past. “Don’t flatter yourself, Edgar. In case you…
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40 Guards at the door (3) “Young master, did you take a detour?” Alfred asked as he approached Edgar’s carriage as it parked right in front of the stairs leading to the main door. “Is that Alessandra Barrett? Why is she here?” Alfred was not informed of Alessandra coming to stay tonight. They were supposed to leave early in the morning with an extra carriage to collect her things but Edgar was right here carrying Alessandra in his arms. “She is hardly wearing anything to protect her…
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39 Guards at the door (2) “I now pronounce you husband and wife. Edgar, you may kiss the bride. You don’t want to kiss him?” Peter asked after Alessandra looked his way almost as if she was against kissing her own husband. “What sort of marriage is this? Are the two of you not taking this seriously?” “I am shy,” Alessandra said in order to make it less suspicious she was hesitant to kiss Edgar. She would need to remove her veil in order to kiss Edgar. “Oh,” Peter’s mouth fell…
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38 Guards at the door (1) “Baroness, I sent someone to get the town guards as you requested,” James informed Katrina while watching her from a distance. It was hard to fathom the Baron was dead. After years of working for the Baron, it was painful to see him dead. However, this was not the same case for his wife. James expected Katrina to ball her eyes out but the Baroness had not shed one tear. What did he expect from a woman who ordered him to slowly poison her husband? ‘Was she never in…
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37 Newly weds (3) “You might need to retire, Peter. Your memory seems to be bad,” Edgar released Peter’s throat with a shove. He wasn’t in the mood to have anyone else disrespect Alessandra in front of him. “It must be bad. How could I forget you are here to wed this wonderful woman?” Peter tapped his mouth with his hand, scolding himself for making such a comment. “I apologize for the comment, miss.” “I wasn’t offended by it. It must be strange for someone to come to get…
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36 Newly weds (2) “I feel sorry to the priest for disrupting his night just to wed us. I wonder how many couples have visited him late in the night asking to be wed without their friends and family by their sides,” Alessandra said, looking out the window as they passed by homes she was unfamiliar with. “A lot more happens in the night than you could ever imagine. The church is normally open late into the night to welcome anyone in need of shelter or those couples who are looking to marry behind…
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