The Runaway Groom

Chapter 123

Moneypenny walked up to Henry. “Sir, don’t you think Master Isaac looks a little upset?”

Henry sighed. “What, can’t you tell?”

Isaac’s stance was only too obvious!

Moneypenny then offered a theory.

“Perhaps he is refusing because he fell in love?”

Henry naturally picked up on it too. “This is all on me. I never did check on Irene Spencer thoroughly before I arranged for her to marry Isaac. And now, it’s going to be difficult to get him to divorce her.”

“You know his temper,” Moneypenny pointed out. “Things will only get difficult if he really doesn’t want a divorce.”

“Not exactly,” Henry countered. “Did you forget that he has an Achilles’ heel?”

Moneypenny was puzzled. “Are you referring to that?”

“Yes. He had always been obsessed with it-the silver crucifix of the girl who had saved him when he was ten, when he fell in the pool. He tried looking for her, and I helped too, but we never could because there were too many people visiting our house on that day.”

“But if we can’t find her after so many years, there’s surely no reason we’re able to do so now?

Moneypenny asked.

”

a look. “That’s not the point. The point is to get Isaac to

Moneypenny appeared confused.

to find a girl we can count

was worried. “But would Master

just then. “He was just ten-how many details. can he remember? We just have to tell our girl every detail we know, and Isaac will

to catch on to a little detail. “Yes, but if she showed up out of the blue, Master Isaac would be sharp enough to

true. “What do you think we

her inadvertently reveal that she had been here in the past and saved a boy. That way, Master Isaac will connect the dots on

idea, but the question now was: who was

replied

He had been drinking himself silly

Isaac left. She wanted to say something to comfort him, but could not find the right words, and simply gave him company as he got drunk

off the couch, wobbling for a while and grabbing himself another bottle. As he sat, he missed the couch and dropped on the floor

he drank, he asked, “Tell me, Irene… What’s Lulu’s

lips. “I don’t

Lulu was

in his eyes. She betrayed me… married another man and even had a

was just a tiny button,” he rasped as he gestured with his hands. “If only

silence, suddenly

might divorce her soon,

not feel that way-to harbor such unnecessary