I’d hoped Tommy would return in a few days, perhaps four or five at most, but instead a message arrived with the post, stating his brother needed him in Town a while longer, and he wasn’t sure when he’d be able to get away.
I stared down at the scrawled lines. Well, this was the perfect day for such a depressing letter as this. It had been pouring with rain, and the horses had refused to set foot out of the stables. I’d become restless from inactivity. And then to return to the house to find this letter…. I liked Greenbriers and the manor house, but this wasn’t my home. And with Tommy away…the only reason I could think for his extended absence—I swallowed heavily—was his desire to put an end to things between us.
I went to find Lady Eugenia. She was in the rose salon, a pink room with ro
