Chapter Eight
While Joshua spent his days taking charge of his estate, Fiona spent her first ones acquainting herself with her new home. She roved about the mansion, spending hours in rooms that were rarely used, where dust settled, and years of disuse had made them smell old and decayed. She could see right away, that the task of cleaning them was useless, for there was no legitimate purpose for so much space for so few people, especially when the Kane brothers were unlikely to take wives, and open the home to the grand lifestyle it once enjoyed.
Other than exploring the house, which she seemed at liberty to do, Fiona walked the estate grounds, happy for the exercise. Joshua’s only command was that she stay with in sight of the house, so she wouldn’t lose her way home. Fiona also s
