I’m assuming Sykes was outside your residence last night and probably saw us taking the lad to the orphanage. I came away with four children but none of them were Jimmy. I spent much of today in the rookeries searching for him. “I wasn’t close enough to hear everything, but I did catch the name Sykes. “You did know who attacked you and you knew what he wanted.” “Why did you lie to them?” Greystone asked, swinging his legs over the side of the bed and pushing himself up to a sitting position. “All of Feagan’s lads are.” Brushing off his words, she walked to the chair and sat. “That inspector…he’s in love with you,” Greystone said quietly. With a weary sigh, she walked toward the bed, coming up short when she saw that Greystone was watching her with those cobalt-blue eyes. Sykes’s man might have run off, but nothing prevented him from returning at his leisure.
After closing the door, she turned the lock. “Just watch yourself.”įrannie followed him to the door, gave him a reassuring smile and a gentle nudge onto the stoop. Heading for the door, he stopped momentarily to touch Frannie’s cheek. Swindler gave Sterling one last glare, designed to kill a lesser man, before pushing himself to his feet. Besides, he put himself in harm’s way earlier.
“Jim, I retrieved my dagger.” She patted her side. “Frannie, I don’t think it’s wise to leave you alone-” “Thank you for seeing after him while I tidied up. He wanted her in the green gown or nothing at all. Whatever retort Swindler may have wanted to make went unsaid as Frannie walked out from behind the screen in a black dress, as though Sterling was already dead and she was preparing to go to the funeral.
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