Wendover Mansion …
He looked exactly as he always did: sharply dressed, eyes unreadable, and grim as if carrying the weight of a dozen secrets in his calm, clipped movements. Currey's presence made even the air seem more alert. As he scanned the hall with that detached precision.
Angela, who had received him, finally said, "I'll get the master and mistress."
She was always nervous around him, afraid that she would make a mistake, but trained well, didn't dare look up at him. She simply bowed deeper, murmured and disappeared down the hallway, heart pounding in her ears.
That had been hours ago.
Master Rocky and Miss Ava had already attended to Currey, and she had thought that he had already left. With the pregnant Ava on premises, Angela was leaving nothing to chance and was extra diligent in everything that she did.
