Chapter 5

There was silence on the other end for a while before Frank finally spoke, “Oh well, I guess he finally decided to visit. I’ve been asking him for weeks now. Is he with you right now, please put him on the phone,”

“He’s not here sir,” Caroline replied, “I left him downstairs so I could call you. Would you hold on so I can head downstairs?”

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Caroline certainly looked more comfortable when she returned a few minutes later, Nicholas thought. She was wearing a serviceable blue and white striped robe tied neatly at the waist over those cotton pajamas. Obviously Caroline Anderson was an altogether no-nonsense sort of woman. Not his father’s type, he would have thought…

He watched her hand the phone she was holding to him. “Your father wants to talk to you,” she told him.

Without saying a word, he took the phone from her and put it to his ear, “Hi dad,” he said without taking his eyes off Caroline, “Really good to know that you’re using the house as a busin