Chapter 34
‘Los Angeles?’ Tom put down his forkful of scrambled eggs. ‘But we’ve only just arrived. I thought you wanted to come here?’
‘I’ve changed my mind.’ Kitty lowered her voice. ‘You tricked me. You said this was a mansion, but the house is falling down. ’
‘So it needs a bit of work—’
‘It needs more than a bit of work. The kitchen roof leaks. The bathrooms are mouldy and there are rats under the floor.’
‘Not rats. Bandicoots. They’re harmless.’
‘You said there were servants.’
‘What do you call Mrs Mills and Old George?’
‘I call them too old for the job. It’s time they retired.’
‘Come on, Kitty, have a heart.’
Kitty blinked back tears. ‘I thought there’d be friends and garden parties and croquet games and, I don’t know … riding to hounds. But that would be difficult wouldn’
