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"Duncan MacNeill warned ht have a real fight on our hands Especially since this means she could lose her inheritance to her cousins How are you going to keep up the ruse that we are unruly barbarians for a year and a day?" Enrick asked
"She won’t last more than a day or two," Grant assured hiathered, her cousins are betas, so they would be easily swayed If they inherit the properties, everything will go as planned"
"Are you sure you want her to stay in the White Room?" Enrick asked
"The chamber is one of the nicest roohtful view of the gardens I’randainst the wo fondly of Neda Playfair and saddened that she had never hter she would have doted on if she’d had the chance
Enrick grunted "And if Colleen doesn’t want to stay there? You know the bad blood that existed between Colleen’s grandainst Neda, then she ht not want to stay in the room for that reason alone Not to "
"No other rooe, then One of the men can escort her there," Grant said
He was deter as suessed it was because Neda, who had essentially raised hi to adding new stuff and getting rid of old things He loved constancy in his life Most of all, he didn’t like the idea of an outsider co him how best to do his job when the person didn’t have a clue about the operations
Enrick frowned "How are you going to uests to use suddenly unavailable?"
"Lachlan is having them painted as we speak The furniture is all hastly for our sensitive sense of smell" Grant smiled a little
Lachlan bowed his head a bit "As his lairdship wished"
"I still think you’re going to extremes on this," Enrick said "You could have waited until you saw her Maybe she’s not anything like her father You could have given her a chance"
"If she was only going to be here for a few days, we’d treat her with kindness and hospitality, agree to everything she said, and then send her on her way Afterward, ould conduct business the e’ve always done End of story But she’s not going to reside here for only a few days So we need to find a way to cut her stay short," Grant said, deterht away "You remember hoith Theodore, do you not? We didn’t think we’d ever last through his stay"