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“That’s the thing” She felt odd just speaking about it The very idea was so fantastic, so surreal “It seems Kristian wasn’t who he seemed”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean he wasn’t just the chauffeur He was put here to do a job For the Third Reich”
Toh “Okay, are you sure you didn’t hit your head? Your i he was a spy? Here in Jewell Cove?” He laughed again
“That’s exactly what I’ You can read her diary if you want Edith uncovered a secretin the barn that nearly killed me just now”
The mirth left his face “Holy shit You’re serious”
“Coave it all up and turned spy for the Americans” She pressed a hand to her heart “Each time he left it was to protect her, you know? Until the last tiood
“Edith had the courage to choose love, no ht have been” Tom shook his head “I’m not sure if that’s wonderful or selfish”
She shrugged “I’, Tom Elijah was not the husband he should have been He’d dishonored their vows long before shehis way in all things” She shuddered “Their lives shattered that night She died The girls were split up, and Edith’s parents raised Gram as their own I wonder if Elijah threatened to reveal Iris’s true parentage to the world if they ever tried to ain It just doesn’t make sense that they would never tell Gra them back After what I read, I wouldn’t have put it past him”
Abby was pulled froravel driveway She’d never actually been to his cottage before It was off the main road in an inlet called Fiddler’s Rock, a few ns but known to the locals by the si a stand of trees with glimpses of the water just visible between the branches
Tom jumped out of the truck and came around to open her door He eased her down out of the cab and scooped her into his ar her to the tiny house
The poas still on, so he flicked on a light and carried her straight through to the s out a chair at the drop-leaf table “Sit here I’ for the first-aid kit,” he said
She took a minute to look around She was sure the table and chairs were handcrafted The furniture was si over the water were left uncovered so the view remained unimpeded It was the kind of place that suited hiedly beautiful
He came back with a basin of water and a kit, which he put on the table “You hurt anywhere else but your legs?”
She shook her head “I don’t think so My hoodie covered a lot”