Catherine's Cross, page 31
Thick clouds were moving in and began obscuring the sun. Snow began to fall again, flurries at first, but quickly changed into large fluffy flakes.
“I love you, Miss Ellington.”
Jenks hugged Seth close to her and then stood on her tiptoes in her hiking boots to kiss him on the cheek. “I love you, too.”
He unbuttoned his coat and took his gold watch out of his wool vest.
Looking at the time, he commented, “We should still be able to get breakfast at Asbury House. Are you ready to go back?”
“Yes, sir.”
As they walked away from the cemetery back to Jenks’s Jeep, she asked, “How’s Thomas feeling?”
“Much better—he’s stopped having headaches. The Lopez kid spent a week in a Belize City hospital, but I was just told he’s doing better.”
Jenks dusted snowflakes out of her hair. “Seth, do you think any of the artifacts that Frank stole from Gigi will ever be recovered?”
“As we both know, Mr. Price is very capable, and he’s doing research in Belize. Your lawyer, Mr. Delamere, in Charleston, is investigating as well. And of course, you have the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI still investigating. I think you’re doing as much as you can.”
“And that cross—I wish Gigi had never found it.”
“Yes, but she did.”
“I hope that a settlement can be reached over it without some type of court action.”
“Have patience.”
“I am—I’m cold. I want you to make me a hot chocolate when we get to the Asbury House.”
“Let me warm you.” Seth wrapped his arm tightly around Jenks and looked down into her eyes. “It will be my pleasure, Miss Ellington.”
The End
Millie West, Catherine's Cross
