photo from the trailer for the book with a compilation of one of my background shots, models from CanStock , and Period Images.
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“Belle?”
She was surprised to hear Jeremy’s
small voice. “What?” she asked stroking his hair.
“You had a gun today.”
“Well, yes.”
“And then you took care of that
soldier who had been hurt.”
“Yes, I did that too.”
“You know a lot of things.”
She smiled as she reached over to
brush the hair off his forehead. “A few.”
“Could you teach me things?”
She felt a flush of warmth. She had
not intended to love these two children, but the months she had spent as their
governess, it had happened. “I could if your father didn’t mind.”
“He doesn’t care what I do.” His
voice was not sad or even mad. It was just a stated fact. Sadly, he was right. William
Forester did not appear to love his children. Why then had he wanted them to
come to Canyon City? Perhaps part of his ruse. She
didn’t hate him. She didn’t care enough about him to hate him. Disdain rather
suited what she felt for such a cold man.
“Yes, Jeremy, I could teach you
those things along with literature, history, and mathematics.”
“Jer.”
“Jer?”
“I’d rather you called me Jer. It’s
what my friends called me back when he let me go to school.”
She felt a kindred sadness for
Jeremy. She had left home earlier than many, but in her case, it was by choice.
Jeremy had been pushed into boarding schools and now disrupted from them by
this journey to Canyon
City with no clear idea
why he was wanted there. “I will do that, Jer,” she said. “Now sleep. It’ll be
a long day tomorrow.”
