Allison; Taking Control

Chapter 28

The lady breathed in deeply through her nose with her eyes closed and then exhaled, appearing to have regained her composure. “Think nothing of it, gentlemen,” she said, walking to the couch and sitting down. She flicked open her fan and began fanning herself, an act which only now made Allison aware of just how warm he had become beneath his wool in the higher temperatures of the local climate.

“And I am sorry for anything Amos may have done,” she said, referring to the Nubian giant who had confronted them at the door. “He can be overprotective at times. I fear my husband’s disappearance has had an effect on him as well.”

“We’ve endured far worse, ma’am,” Caldwell said, jumping into the conversation with that smile of his showing to full effect. “There was no harm done.”

Allison flashed a sidelong glance at Caldwell in annoyance, something neither he nor Mrs. Thorpe appeared to see. He certainly wasn’t going to make an issue of what happened outside while sitting here before the la