Reggie caught her eye and nodded with a reassuring smile. And Phoebe was reassured.She followed Mattie into a large bedroom that looked remarkably like one of those photographs she’d seen on historical architecture. Mattie used her candle to light several candelabras in the room.“This was the bedroom I first stayed in when I got here, so I thought I’d bring you to this one.” Mattie grinned and opened her arms expansively as if to display the bedroom. “So, what do you think? Feels like a fairytale, huh?” She laughed, surveying the room as if with fresh eyes.A high-ceilinged room, the walls were painted pale green. Dark green velvet drapes covered the windows. The coverlet of the velvet-curtained, four-poster bed was white, mirroring a lighter color found in the rose and moss green Oriental carpet. A green velvet settee and several chairs flanked the fireplace.“It’s stunning,” Phoebe breathed.“I can’t tell you how frightened I was when I got here, but you seem to be handling it pretty well.”“Am I?”
