“Milord, I'm sorry to disturb you, but you have a visitor.”

“And who might this be?” asked Ian, lost in his documents.

“He introduced himself as Reverend Chase, Milady’s father.” Ian looked up from his documents

“Where is he now?”

“In the living room, sir. Shall I report it to Milady?”

“No thanks, Jackson, I'll take care of it. Did he come alone?”

“No, sir, there's a lady with him, but she didn't introduce herself to me.”

 “All right, you take care of them while I go up and see Eden.”

“Okay, sir.”

Ian wondered how Eden would react to this news.

Eden was watching the garden from her window,...