The Stars of Mithra: Hidden Star. Нора Робертс
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from someone who can’t remember her own name.”
“You’re remembering more all the time, Bailey. And you’re the most stable woman I’ve ever met.”
“Then I’m worried about you, too, and your choice of women.”
She set cups precisely on their saucers, concentrating on the simple task. Tea bags, spoons, sugar bowl.
In the maple tree, the wood thrush had given over to a whippoorwill, and the song was like liquid silver. She thought of honeysuckle burying a chain-link fence, perfuming the evening air while the night bird called for his mate.
And a young girl weeping under a willow tree.
She shook herself. A childhood memory, perhaps, bittersweet. She thought those vignettes of the past would be coming more quickly now. And she was afraid.
“You have questions.” She set the tea on the table, steadied herself and looked at him. “You’re not asking them because you’re afraid I’ll crumble. But I won’t. I wish you’d ask them, Cade. It’s easier when you do.”
“Let’s sit down.” He pulled out a chair for her, took his time stirring sugar into his tea. “The room has gray carpet, a window, a table by the door. There’s a desk lamp. What does the desk look like?”
“It’s a satinwood library desk, George III.” She set her cup back down with a rattle. “Oh, that was clever. I never expected you to ask about the desk, so I didn’t think, and it was just there.”
“Concentrate on the desk, Bailey. Describe it for me.”
“It’s a beautiful piece. The top is crossbanded with rosewood that’s inlaid with boxwood lines. The sides, even the kneehole, are inlaid with ovals. One side has a long drawer paneled with false fronts. It opens to shelves. It’s so clever. The handles are brass, and they’re kept well polished.”
Baffled, she stared into her tea. “Now I sound like an antique dealer.”
No, he thought, just someone who loves beautiful things. And knows that desk very well.
“What’s on the desk?”
“The lamp. It’s brass, too, with a green glass shade and an old-fashioned chain pull. And there are papers, a neat stack of papers aligned with the corner of the desk. A leather blotter is in the center, and a briefke sits there.”
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