this house for good!" Alexander Barnet
, a pile of crumpled clothes la
ears as she stared at her moth
ly upon receiving the heart-
ter Milly Barnett cruelly stepped on her hand, p
ed the frame from the ground and
eone who caught her just in time to prevent her fall. Her
, dressed impeccably and looking like royalty, intervened. He was
had been in a serious relationship and
ad stumbled upon Jasper and Mill
't help himself with Milly, c
roken up with him and h
ating news of her moth
ly indulgent with her first love and had me
lieve such disgrac
ad been unhappy in his marriage, pressing fo
k Rena out of the house a
was defini
mptible pair and then her father,
ce she unearthed the truth,
hered the last of her belongings and
left to her-the quaint house h
had fa
t of her car and was about to ascend the
he sight of a grimy old man seizin
eeked of decay. "Gorgeous, you're stunning! Mr.
murmured, "You smell delightful. It won't
ear me?" Rena thrashed against him, her effo
ross the deserted landscape-wa
intensified, her tears glittering in the moonlight, a
s. Despair overwhelmed he
ght lifted off her as he fell to the ground
tall, forbidding figure sta
res were imposing, his presence a
red on his clothing and his hands, his haunte