She’d given herself permission to go to the seamstress’ after her appointment with Helena, so she could get started on her wedding gown. There had been an inner debate for a good five minutes over whether or not she should get a special gown, and in the end, hope won out. She’d decided from here on out, she would expect the best. This would work out. Helena, Melissa, and Chloe would find her a husband who had a good heart and would treat her son well. So it was with a light heart she followed the butler into the drawing room where her mother-in-law, Eloise, was reading a book to Leonard who was snuggled up with her in a chair. Eloise glanced up at her. “How did things go with the duchess this afternoon?” “I think it went well,” she said as she went over to kiss her son on the head. “Do you like the story Grandmother’s reading to you?” Leonard nodded but wiggled off the chair. “Can we go to the park?” “I promised him I’d take him to the park if he was good,”
