I doona like ta travel," she explained, breaking into his thoughts.
That didn't make any sense at all. Oliver glanced around the coach. "Then why did
your journey to Hampshire? It's not a short trip."
She shrugged. "Elspeth needed me."
"Lord benjamin's wife?" he asked, though he knew he must be right. The redhaired woman in question was Major Forster's daughter and had
Hazel's exact lilt.
She nodded. "We're very close. Like sisters, ye could say."
"And she needed you in Hampshire?"
Hazel's blue eyes cast downward to her hands. "Ye wouldna understand, my
lord."
"You could explain it to me."
Her hands began to fidget in her lap. "I doona think that would be wise."
Oliver frowned at her answer. She didn't trust him. He'd change that, as soon as he
figured out how.
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