Chapter 25
I don’t really get a chance to talk with her, not with the servants around, but when I try to suggest we go someplace where we could talk, Miss Lucille laughs off my concern. “Oh, Nat, there’s so much to get done before the wedding!” she says, her voice light and airy. “Nana’s coming with me to town so I can order fabric for the dresses, and you’ll need a new suit, too, and I need to talk with Father McConnell…September will be here before you know it!”
I try one last time. “But, Lucy—”
She kisses me quiet. “No buts now, mister. You have work to do, and now so do I. Daddy said he wanted you back when I was through, so you better go see what he wants now.”
This isn’t happening. It isn’t real. I wander off down the hall after Miss Lucille, who bounces ahead with a sizzling ene
