Chapter 249: Emmah’s successful entry.
"Obviously, she doesn’t belong." Lady Jane boomed in the midst of a temporary silence. "It is one thing to bring home the daughter of a whore and another to expect me to take her in and educate her. Why don’t we give her another identity? Maybe she can be the daughter of my husband’s dead cousin Sir Scott Fairfax."
Emmah opened her mouth quickly to protest but again, no sound came out which frustrated her and gave her a sense of panic. She The deck was already stacked against her, because of he less than appealing background.
However, if she was a mute as well, she would lose all value and be kicked out of the Fairfax home forever. No...no...she would be married off for a price.
"That boat has sailed Jane, it is already written in today’s paper that she is my daughter." Lord Derrick dismissed the idea quickly.
"It was reported in the evening news yesterday, I believe Davira Mace hailed her a heroine that saved her father’s life." A young woman, gracefully strolled into the room while reminding them all of this. She curtsied, greeting the count and her parents before sitting down and calling for tea.
She was Genevieve Mayfair, oldest daughter of Lord and Lady Fairfax..specifically Derrick and Jane. She was the Marchioness of Stormrend and now went by Lady Genevieve Stormrend.
Her husband’s domain was in the South by the coast but she was in the capital, visiting her family while her husband the Marquess Elias Stormrend spent his winter in the arms of one of his many lovers back home on their estate.
There was nothing Lady Jane was proud of like her daughter Genevieve for she had married above. In the hierarchy of nobility, she was above them all. Even the count spoke to her with some respect.
"Seeing a family tree of our family on television was very interesting and surprising." She said, contemptuous eyes looking over Emmah. "So you are the bastard daughter of my father that is causing all the fuss. You are the talk of the capital right now. I have never met you but I have heard a lot about you, prince Benjamin’s love interest or whore. Nobody can decide what you are but going by the way you conduct yourself...." She broke off but her unsaid words communicated more.