“A young lady in town?” she echoed faintly, her ears ringing. “Would that young lady be Scarlett Brandon?”
The immediate flush in the butler’s cheeks was the only answer she needed.
She had to wonder whether Owen had been telling her the truth. Had Scarlett truly fallen in love with another man? If she had, then why hadn’t she married him? And had that man been Mr. Watson?
“Why did Mr. Watson leave Wesden Heath?” If Jack was the man Scarlett had been in love with, she needed to know why he’d left without marrying her. She knew a man didn’t need a reason to abandon a woman; they did it all the time. But her instincts whispered there was a reason.
“I believe there was some discussion as to whether Mr. Watson believed himself a suitable match. You see, he suffers quite badly from soldier’
