Excerpt from The Governess -- Chapter 11 continued:
Hatred always came easy to her. She felt it for most everyone.
But especially now for the new governess at Huntington Manor!
Did she really have anything to worry about?
No.
Of course not. But she would not take a chance at losing Creighton! No one would have him but her!
Why had he engaged her? And so young a person? That was a troubling first for her dear earl.
New gowns must be ordered today! Preparations for home must be started. Her return to the country would be grand indeed!
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Jonathon was being obstinate again.
He was thorough in his testing of her. Carly was sure he was thinking that she, like all previous governess’s, would desert him. He was trying his boundaries, keeping himself safe from caring, not lending his heart to anyone who would crush it. Elspeth was becoming more and more impatient with her brother by the day, for she was convinced that Miss Blakemore cared for them both. Jonathon’s antics were her frustration, as well as Miss Blakemore’s. Carly was sure he was venturing to see if she would tattle on him and, therefore, receive his father’s attention, even if it was in reproof.
One night, Jonathon had put powder all over Carly’s sheets. The next day, he locked her out of the nursery. Other times, he ignored her when she would speak to him during their studies. He had put dirt upon her schoolroom chair, and so forth.
He was miserable, she could tell.
But he was only contributing to those feelings. She must catch him off his guard and make him smile or laugh, anything to show him that he could be happy again.
Carly would write to her sister for suggestions. Susannah had always been creative. Maybe there was something they could arrange together to bring Jonathon a long-lasting kind of happiness.
She would write.
She would pray.
Thank you for reading with me today! :) Join me on Monday for more.
Ellise ;)
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