Chapter Fourteen
LOVE LONG AND LINGER
There comes a time in life when everyone has to start anew
Peter accepted the folly of fate with much misgiving. A lifetime of roots established within Ireland would be torn asunder by one afternoon’s events at Wheatstone Fields. Irony played its spiteful hand once again, for the life he saved would mean a cherished relationship lost.
Aidan reminded him Maggie would be returning today. In addition, he had sent someone to fetch Duncan at his flat for return to Goodhope House immediately. Here would be the most somber of occasions, where once such a gathering held joyous comfort. These harsh terms were of circumstance’s own making, void of any accommodation. It was all he could do to summon a semblance of strong character.
Maggie arrived at Goodhope
