Taste of Poison

07

Chapter 7:

There are times when you take a step forward

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“Duchess, do you have a second to spare?”

Roseanne stopped reading over the documents upon hearing a well-known voice. Standing on the edge of her doorway is the Countess. It had been a couple of days after their last meeting, and she wondered about the sudden need for an audience. Closing the folder, she beckoned to her maids.

“Please bring us some tea.” She ordered, a tone true to her title.

“Of course, Duchess.” With a smile, all of her attendants left.

Moving from her chair to the one opposed to the Countess, her mind drifted to the worst-case scenario. This woman is instructed to let the Earl know that he needed to be a good successor, and she could offer bad news. Could she have seen spots that she had not mended at