“Who’s your friend?” Danny asked later, when they had stopped for the day, having watched as the young Lieutenant danced to his sisters tune.
“Captain’s son,” Charlie replied as she and Danny spread out the bedrolls they had been given. “He might come in handy later.”
Danny nodded in agreement, slipping an arm under his head as he stretched out, watching the lieutenant settle down nearby.
The Matheson children had learned at an early age that no one was to be trusted. Especially not eager young lieutenants who served under their fathers.
Xxxx
By the time they reached the train at Noblesville, Indiana, Captain Tom Neville had the migraine from hell.
The special kind of hell that came in the form of three of the four Matheson children.
The younger boys were terrors, …show more content…
He only had fleeting memories of a tall man with dark hair that would visit sometimes, making his mother angry. Charlie was the one who remembered. “Charlie?”
The lights in the room flickered, taking everyone by surprise, just before Charlie whimpered and fell to the floor in a faux faint, she wasn’t necassairly faking. Her mind had focused totally and solely on her father's deathbed demand. They can never get their hands on you and your brother. They. They. They.
xxxxx
“Let’s just everyone give her some room,” Bass told the worried faces surrounding him as he gently laid Charlie upon the bed in the guest room that had been assigned to her. “As you said, Maggie, everyone’s hungry and tired. I’ll have my personal physician look her over to make sure there’s nothing wrong.”
“I’m a doctor and I’m perfectly capable of looking after my daughter!” Maggie snapped.
“I know you are, but you’re also a mother with two small children who need you,” Bass said, gently guiding her out of the room with Jeremy’s help as maids started to bring up hot water for baths.
“See, you’re right here across the
“Captain’s son,” Charlie replied as she and Danny spread out the bedrolls they had been given. “He might come in handy later.”
Danny nodded in agreement, slipping an arm under his head as he stretched out, watching the lieutenant settle down nearby.
The Matheson children had learned at an early age that no one was to be trusted. Especially not eager young lieutenants who served under their fathers.
Xxxx
By the time they reached the train at Noblesville, Indiana, Captain Tom Neville had the migraine from hell.
The special kind of hell that came in the form of three of the four Matheson children.
The younger boys were terrors, …show more content…
He only had fleeting memories of a tall man with dark hair that would visit sometimes, making his mother angry. Charlie was the one who remembered. “Charlie?”
The lights in the room flickered, taking everyone by surprise, just before Charlie whimpered and fell to the floor in a faux faint, she wasn’t necassairly faking. Her mind had focused totally and solely on her father's deathbed demand. They can never get their hands on you and your brother. They. They. They.
xxxxx
“Let’s just everyone give her some room,” Bass told the worried faces surrounding him as he gently laid Charlie upon the bed in the guest room that had been assigned to her. “As you said, Maggie, everyone’s hungry and tired. I’ll have my personal physician look her over to make sure there’s nothing wrong.”
“I’m a doctor and I’m perfectly capable of looking after my daughter!” Maggie snapped.
“I know you are, but you’re also a mother with two small children who need you,” Bass said, gently guiding her out of the room with Jeremy’s help as maids started to bring up hot water for baths.
“See, you’re right here across the