The day in the office plays through Isobel’s mind like a fast forward movie when she walks down the passage to the dinner table. Emma ordered lunch for them because there was no time to come down to eat with the family. Radagast and Michael came around to her office almost two hours ago to check if she was finished and ready to go.
Knowing they would all be waiting for her in the dining room, her hands pulling tightly together to the point where her knuckles turn white. She was only fifteen minutes late for dinner, surely it wouldn’t... She expected more of her staff, what example was she setting?
Turning the corner, she walked into the dining room door to happy chatter between the men and Katherine smiling looking at them. The room going silent the second she walks in.
“My apologies fo
