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This time, her laugh was louder, and her eyes twinkled with it. “Just… be careful. Nobody can find out.”
“I know,” I replied softly.
Her smile settled into something that said she understood. “My mother-in-law is watching my daughter tomorrow. Why don’t I bring lunch over?”
I was almost sure there was only one acceptable answer.
“Sure. I’m staying at Bluebell Cottage,” I replied.
“Perfect.” She beamed. “I’ll see you at twelve-thirty.”
CHAPTER TWENTY – HUGO
Bad Habits and Late Nights
“Knock knock.” Helena poked her head in the door. “I’m leaving when Ellie has woken from her nap. Do you have ten minutes?”
“Do I look like I’m doing anything?” I motioned to the television.
She glanced at it. “What you do when you’re alone is your business, Hugo.”
“Shut up and sit down,” I told her.
Being the eldest was hard sometimes.
Helena sat down and smiled at me. “I like Sophie.”
Uh.
“Who’s Sophie?”
“You’re cute when you play dumb.” She snorted. “I know. I’ve met the real Camilla.”
Ah.
“She explained it all to you?” I asked, raising my eyebrows.
Helena nodded. “It’s a very tough situation she’s been put in by everyone. Is she handling it well?”
“She couldn’t organise a bath for a duck,” I admitted. “But Henry and I have tried to help her where we can, and I think she’s gotten a handle on it now.”
“You have been helping her, haven’t you?”
“What do you mean by that?”
She grinned. “You like her.”
“Slight exaggeration.”
“Hugo.”
I sighed and muted the television. “What exactly do you want me to say to you, Helena?”
She shrugged. “I was wondering if you were taking up the mantle of pissing Mum off. Tag teaming with Grandma.”
I stared at her.
“You have to know how utterly stupid this is. She’s pretending to be someone else, she’s working for Mum, and if Mum ever found out you were sleeping with her over all the women she namedrops on a daily basis as a suitable partner for you, she would have a merry fit.”
