“Listen,” he warned, his hands lifted to the wall, enclosing her as if she were in a cage. “I have kenned Gunn a long time. Much longer than ye. I warn ye against snooping around places ye shouldna be.”
“Are you threatening me? I’m sure Gunn would not appreciate such an action.”
He dropped his arms and stepped back, a sneer marring his face. “I would ne’er threaten a lady. But ye arena one, are ye?” he snapped. “Heed my warning.” Then he turned and disappeared quickly down the stairs.
Jocelyn placed her palm over her heart, it beat so fast under her hand. She took a deep breath and blew out slowly through her mouth, trying to calm herself. And repeated the action before entering her room and locking the door behind her.
Theodore was definitely scared of her uncovering his secret. Sadly, for him, it was far too late for that since not only had she done exactly that, Gunn was well aware of what he had been doing.
Gunn.
She should talk to him in the morning about Theodore’s visit. Or mayhap not. She sighed as she sat on her bed, contemplating what she should do. In the morning she’d decide what to do. For now, she wanted to get lost in happy memories.
Reaching into the drawer of the bedside table, she pulled out her mother’s diary and paged to the section where shewrote about meeting her father for the first time. The entry was endearing. She talked about how dashing he was. Courteous. Gentlemanly. She wrote that she knew she would marry him from that very first meeting. It was as if all the stars had aligned in just the right way bringing them together.
It kind of matched up with the way Jocelyn had met Gunn. Serendipity perhaps. The universe was in alignment that night.
She wished her parents were still here. She missed them so much. She also believed they would have supported her in the actions she’d taken to get away from Victor. Would have actively joined forces with Gunn to remove Victor from her and the babe’s life.
Lying down, she snuggled into the pillow. Thoughts of Gunn meeting her parents. They would have liked him. Approved of him. She was sure of that.
As she slipped into a blissful sleep, images of Gunn holding her babe floated behind her eyelids. All was good.
She could only hope it stayed that way.
