Elizabeth's heart raced when someone knocked on the front door again, but she knew it was Klara and that her cousin wasn't going to reprimand her for anything.
Sawyer looked from Elizabeth to the door, then looked back at her and rested his hand on her shoulder.
"You wait here; I'm going to ask her to come back later."
"Sawyer, that..."
He tilted his head slightly, and it was enough to silence her.
She wasn't in the mood to speak to anybody, and she wasn't going to press the issue if Sawyer wanted to send Klara away anyway.
She felt rude when she heard how disappointed Klara was, and she almost told Sawyer that they shouldn't send her away, but her cousin was probably looking to discuss her private life and Elizabeth really didn't have the energy to deal with that on top of her own i
