La Bonne
Chapter One
The secret smile that Amanda flashed at me over breakfast was enough to melt a
prison matron's heart. Still, it barely made a dent in my confusion. I was
supposed to be a lady's maid and I was corrupting her. But that only bothered me
for scant seconds.
Vastly more importantly, I was supposed to be a normal, healthy woman, and this
girl was corrupting me. I needed a man to set me straight. My problem was just
that it had been so long I couldn't remember what it was like.
Except I could quite clearly imagine what it would be like with that Greek
prince, that lithe, graceful icon of manliness. But thoughts like that made me
light-headed, so I had to push them away, and in their place spilled images of
sweet, bubbling Amanda.
Today she bubbled more than seemed possible. After lunch she ransacked the
mailbag and came up victorious. She tore open the fancy envelope in her hand
with ferocity, an arch reminder that my golden kitten was in fact a grown woman,
even if she did not know it yet.
"Grandma," she sang out, barely reading the card. "Grandma, I must ask your
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