“How is timing a problem? We're basically semi-retired now. We work when we feel like it, and if we don't, we can stay home for ten days or half a month.”

Lilian continued trying to persuade Jane to accompany her to the auction in Satbury and bid on a few collectibles.

However, she was even more interested in seeing just how much of an empire her apprentice, Laurence, had built in Havenmill.

To conceal his true identity, the boy had spent years wearing a realistic disguise and a mask whenever