1. My Aunt. Chapter 23


    Date: 2/25/2017, Categories: First Time, Author: Annamagique, Rating: 9, Source: LushStories

    reply to that. I thought about Bethany and about Thomas and suddenly I was not sure what my feelings were all about. Lady Helen mus have been able to see my confusion. “You know, Victoria,” she said, “It is not impossible to love more than one person. The trick is, knowing who you will be most happy with. I loved both your mother and your father. I would not have shared my bed with them had that not been so but it has always been Melissa who is the one I want to share my life with. Does that make sense?” Strangely, it did. “You are young and have your life ahead of you. I will make sure you do not repeat the mistakes I made.” “My mother...” I frowned at the thought, feeling rather strange now that I seemed to have two mothers, “and father taught me about all that,” I replied, “In time you will become accustomed to the situation,” my 'new' mother said with a smile, reading my thoughts through my expressions. “They thought that the best way to deal with what happened was to try to alter history, to try to teach you all the things that the church teaches bur, unfortunately, they went to far in that you then learned nothing and had nothing to compare with what they taught you. They meant well, of course and they believed in what they taught but, well, as you now know, we all need choices, we need to appreciate both sides of the coin to make our decisions in life.” There was a short silence whilst she allowed me to absorb what she was saying. “Of course,” she continued, “Your ...
    parents did do a wonderful job of looking after you. I think you were happy, were you not?” “Oh yes,” I told her enthusiastically, “I wanted for nothing and they never did anything to upset me. Except...” “Except?” she queried. “Well, as soon as I was old enough they sent me off to Scotland, to boarding school. I did not see a great deal of them really.” “Ah yes,” Lady Helen responded. “I do know about that. It was because of your father's work.” “I see.” I pondered this for a moment. “Do you know what he did? They never told me.” “You father worked for the Ministry of Defence,” she said. “He was a very important officer.” “You mean the Army?” I had never seen him in uniform. “Good heavens no!” she laughed. “He was a civilian but he answered only to the Prime Minister. The reason your parents were on the Lusitania was because he had been over to Washington to oversee the purchase of munitions. They were on their way home when the ship was torpedoed off the Irish coast.” “What about Thomas' parents?” I asked, “Mr. and Mrs. Billington. How did you know them?” “They are the sweetest couple you could ever wish to meet, Victoria. They came to many of my parties but I never saw them with anyone but each other. They used to dance the long nights away but only together and they never left the ballroom. Well, except when nature required it, of course.” “And Thomas is their only child?” I asked. Suddenly, I wanted to know all about him. “Oh no,” she said. “They have five children. Thomas ...
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