“You have been working rather hard lately. Maybe you should go to the farm for a few weeks. You could use a rest in the country where it’s not as hot. And it wouldn’t take much to convince Spenser, I’m sure.”
“I cannot just yet. There is an enormous amount of work that needs to be done to start the process for these two new ships.” It wasn’t a lie, per se, but not the complete truth either. And it was yet another thing she needed to confess. Mary-Michael had a feeling that before these ships were handed over to their new owners, she was sure she’d have to find a church in Baltimore proper where she wasn’t so well-known to the priests. She was beginning to think she’d need a place just for confessing this growing list of sins she was becoming proficient at committing.
“I’m only thinking a
