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A note waited for him on his desk when Jeremiah entered the house. For a second or two, he wondered how it could have gotten there, but as soon as he recognized his sister’s handwriting, he guessed that she must have sent the note over with Bridget, who had handed it over to Millie, his maid.
The note was very short — only seven words.
Come see me when you get home.
What that was about, he didn’t know. Perhaps she wanted to utter a few more home truths about the foolishness of his involvement with Lorena Simms, but he was certainly in no mood for such a thing. He had suffered enough losses that he knew the sting would begin to subside with time. However, right now, the pain was still fresh enough. He did not want to talk about Lorena.
On the other hand, he knew he could not ignore h
