The Legacy of Eden. Nelle Davy
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Название: The Legacy of Eden
Автор: Nelle Davy
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современная зарубежная литература
isbn: 9781408969618
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“For God’s sake, Cal,” Piper spat, “hasn’t this family enough to contend with?”
Cal rubbed his face gently, massaging the blood back into his cheek.
“It’s done, Piper.”
Piper looked at my grandmother, who peered at her uncertainly from behind Cal, and curled her lip in distaste.
“Anne-Marie Parks?” she asked, her eyes narrowed to slits. She assessed my grandmother in one long, contemptuous look.
“It’s Lavinia,” my grandmother corrected.
“What?”
“She’s coming to live here, Piper—she’s going to be my wife.” Cal looked down at his sister, who was staring at him in shocked horror.
“Her? She’s married, to a doctor, to our town’s doctor. For the love of God, do you know what people will say?” Piper screeched.
“Hush,” said Cal, looking up at the stairs, “you’ll wake the girl.”
“You need someone who can be a good, faithful wife,” she spat at my grandmother. “Someone who knows a thing or two about farming, someone who will be up with you from sunup to sundown. Not some prissy town maid whose only function is shopping and ordering linen from a catalogue.”
Cal took a step toward his sister.
“You just watch what you—” But then he stopped, because my grandmother had already moved away from him. She came to stand before Piper, her eyes burning a hole in Piper’s face so that my great-aunt leaned her head back and blinked. Then my grandmother stalked past her and went into the kitchen. She began to search through the drawers, opening and closing them, while Cal and Piper stood in the doorway, openmouthed.
When she took out the long kitchen knife and held it up so the light shone on the blade, Cal put his hands up and took a step back, but she was already coming toward them. They sprang away from her as she walked past and opened the door. She went out and stood on the porch and, holding the blade to the soft flesh of her inner arm, she drew the knife across it, so that her blood began to pour from the wound and splatter on the ground.
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