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"Aye"
She waited expectantly When Grant looked at the fire, she suspected he didn’t want to give away the identity of the man "Who?" she asked softly
"We believe it was Darby" Grant’s unfathoh he atching her reaction, ready to defend thethe ood way
"Aye I think he only applied for the position eons ago to be hed "I think he was afraid I was going to have him fired He didn’t like that I was in your cha her confrontation with hi a towel, and she thought his brusqueness had been an effort to hide his embarrassment
Grant chuckled "Aye I think that’s thetime He said he’d ask Ian if he’d take hihostly cousin, Flynn, don’t see eye to eye"
"Flynn’s a ghost"
"Aye"
She shook her head She did not believe in ghosts "What about Archibald? You said he is like his father and grandfather How?"
"He wanted to e the property just like they did At first, we believed he was trying to work a deal with your father when he visited Maybe help to get rid of Neda, which was one of the reasons we guarded her at all times If she had died, Theodore would have owned the castle, and since he had no knowledge of how to run the estates, he er
"Not that he would have kno to take care of the estates And iven hi your father Maybe he knew just what Theodore and his father had done with regard tobuddies Not that Archibald drinks overlyhi buddies When my father took over, why didn’t he install Archibald?"
"Theodore was deep in his cups more often than not Some of that was Archibald’s fault because he took your father to the same pub where you were to plot"
No wonder Grant had been upset to hear she had been there with Archibald If only she’d known
"A couple of my men followed them and listened in on their conversations Archibald told Theodore what he’d do and Theodore agreed, all while drinking But thankfully it was all talk and nothing ht that was the end of your father’s interference here"
She shter A week after he returned hoe and drowned," Colleen said She sighed deeply, re why it hadn’t happened earlier the way he drank and drove