Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (52 page)

T
he
n
i
gh
t
gown
w
a
sn’t
t
he
on
l
y
cl
o
t
h
e
s
s
he
found
w
it
h
i
n
t
runks
i
n
t
he
b
ac
k
b
e
droo
m
, g
a
r
me
n
t
s
m
a
de
of
t
he
f
i
n
e
st
m
a
te
r
i
a
l
a
nd
f
el
t
l
uxur
i
ous
t
o
t
he
t
ou
c
h.
T
he
t
hought
c
ross
e
d h
e
r
m
i
nd
t
h
a
t
t
he
w
o
m
a
n
who
o
wn
e
d
t
h
e
se
h
a
d
a
m
a
n
t
o
i
m
pr
e
ss
or
p
e
rh
a
ps
i
t
h
a
d
b
ee
n
t
he
m
a
n
who
w
a
n
te
d
t
o
i
m
pr
e
ss
t
he
la
dy
w
it
h
t
h
e
se
g
i
f
t
s?

T
he
cl
o
t
h
i
ng
she
supp
o
s
e
d
m
at
t
e
r
e
d
litt
l
e
.
W
h
il
e
she
h
i
d
from
t
he
wor
l
d,
she
h
a
d
no f
ea
r
of
a
n
y
o
n
e
s
eei
ng
h
e
r
i
n
su
c
h
a
n
i
gh
t
gown.
On
l
y
a
t
n
i
ght
d
i
d
she
d
a
re
w
ea
r
su
c
h wh
et
h
e
r
a
n
y
o
n
e
s
a
w
or
no
t
.

She
w
al
k
e
d
a
w
a
y
from
t
he
w
i
ndow
a
nd
t
urn
e
d
i
n
t
o
t
he
roo
m
.
T
he
house
w
a
s
qu
ai
n
t
, not
la
rg
e
,
but
s
uff
icie
n
t
,
e
sp
ecial
l
y
for
h
e
r
n
ee
ds.
She
h
a
d
m
a
d
e
t
he
n
ece
ss
a
ry
a
d
j
us
t
m
e
n
t
s
n
ee
d
e
d
for
t
he
tim
e
she
h
a
d
sp
e
nt
for
w
el
l
ov
e
r
t
hr
e
e
m
on
t
hs.
T
he
g
a
rd
e
n
t
h
a
t
B
eltc
h
e
r
h
a
d
lai
d
s
he
te
nd
e
d.
In
ti
m
e
s
he
produ
ce
d
e
nough
food
for
h
e
r
n
ee
ds.
T
he horse
she
bo
a
rd
e
d
i
n
t
he
b
a
rn
a
nd
le
t
gr
az
e
i
n
t
he
p
a
s
t
ur
e
.
She
h
a
d
on
l
y
t
o
d
eci
de
upon h
e
r
c
ou
r
se
for
t
he
w
i
n
te
r.
Soon
s
he
w
ou
l
d
h
a
ve
t
o
m
a
k
e
a
d
eci
s
i
on
a
bout
h
e
r
f
at
e
for
t
h
i
s
c
o
m
fo
r
t
wou
l
dn’t
la
st
a
w
i
n
te
r.

Sudd
e
n
l
y
,
h
e
r
s
e
n
s
e
s
ale
r
te
d
t
o
a
d
a
ng
e
r.
She
r
ace
d
b
ac
k
t
o
t
he
w
i
ndow
w
it
h
h
e
r h
ea
rt
pound
i
ng.
She
h
ea
rd
t
he
ho
r
se
l
ong
b
e
fore
she
s
a
w
it
.
In
t
he
n
e
xt
m
o
me
n
t
,
a
f
i
gure of
t
he
horse
s
il
hou
ette
d
t
he
n
i
ght
a
nd
l
oo
m
e
d
i
n
t
he
s
h
a
dows
of
t
he
p
at
h
up
t
o
t
he hous
e
.
W
h
e
re
had
she
lef
t
h
e
r
p
i
s
t
o
l
?
In
t
he
b
e
dro
o
m?
W
hy
had
she
le
t
h
e
r
guard
down a
fte
r
a
l
l
t
h
i
s
ti
m
e
?

T
o
h
e
r
horror,
t
he
horse
d
i
dn’t
r
i
de
up
t
o
t
he
front
of
t
he
house
but
h
ea
d
e
d
round
for
t
he
s
ta
b
le
s.
Wa
s
t
h
e
re
w
a
s
on
l
y
one
hors
e
?
J
a
ne
s
a
w
on
l
y
a
s
i
ng
l
e
r
i
d
e
r.
Cou
l
d
t
h
e
y
h
a
ve on
l
y
s
e
nt
on
e
?
She
sw
all
ow
e
d.
Qu
ic
k
l
y
he
wou
l
d
lea
rn
of
h
e
r
e
x
i
s
te
n
c
e
w
it
h
t
he
i
n
e
v
ita
b
l
e
d
i
s
c
ov
e
r
y
of
t
he
hors
e
.
She
h
a
dn’t
l
ong.