“Would you buy them out if you did have enough?” he asked. But Edwin was still gazing at Helen, she gazing back, their regard of each other not diminishing one bit.
Becoming aware that his host was speaking to him, Edwin forced his attention away from the girl and with an effort attempted to concentrate on the older man’s question. “Sorry, Mr Goodridge, what was that?” His mind was even now in danger of swinging back to Helen.
“If you had enough to buy them out,” William repeated, “would you?”
The eyes of both young people were entwined again, if eyes could be that, but he heard the distracted response, “Yes.” Glancing from one to the other, William smiled. The wheel had turned full circle.
As though to prove it, Edwin looked momentarily away from Helen to him. “Mr Goodridge, would you mind if I asked Helen to go to a party with me?” Not waiting for a reply, he turned back to Helen. “Would you?”
Seeing her nod eagerly, her grey eyes bright, William picked up his drink and sipped it reflectively. As though planned by some divine wisdom, Geoffrey’s son and Henry’s natural daughter would inherit the business of their fathers. It was as it should be. And by the look of these two young people, exactly how it would be – he could bet his last penny on it.
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About the Author
Maggie Ford was born in the East End of London but at the age of six she moved to Essex, where she lived for the rest of her life. After the death of her first husband, when she was only 26, she went to work as a legal secretary until she remarried in 1968. She had a son and two daughters, all married; her second husband died in 1984. She wrote short stories from the early 1970s, also writing under the name Elizabeth Lord, and continued to publish books up to her death at the age of 92 in 2020.
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First published in Great Britain in 2001 by Severn House Publishers LTD
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by Canelo
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Copyright © Maggie Ford, 2001
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ISBN 9781800324398
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
Originally published as Autumn Skies by Elizabeth Lord
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