First to post today? I managed to write a little over 500 words while waiting in for my builder to inspect the garage roof. More on That Letter:
Edward took the letter over to a convenient desk in order to draft a reply. Then he read the final paragraph. In it, his father explained that he had already been in touch with the family solicitors to prepare the documentation required to formalise the – he had crossed out 'adoption' here – childcare arrangements. However, if Edward wished greater security for the child, perhaps Hugh and Julia could be consulted about their official role in the boy's upbringing.
Edward dropped the letter onto the desk, not trusting himself not to shred it before he'd finished reading. His father wanted to take Rupert away from him completely, and the remainder of the paragraph, as Edward read on, included not-so-veiled threats as to how this could be accomplished through the courts were the child not to be delivered within a reasonable period. Neither he nor his wife were fit parents: look at how the child had been conceived, and at their lives prior to marriage. No reasonable man would consider allowing Edward to continue to have influence over any boy, much less one who stood to come into considerable wealth and property, not to mention political influence, later.
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on 2012-07-14 12:04 pm (UTC)Phase 3 -- July's writing:
First to post today? I managed to write a little over 500 words while waiting in for my builder to inspect the garage roof. More on That Letter:
Edward took the letter over to a convenient desk in order to draft a reply. Then he read the final paragraph. In it, his father explained that he had already been in touch with the family solicitors to prepare the documentation required to formalise the – he had crossed out 'adoption' here – childcare arrangements. However, if Edward wished greater security for the child, perhaps Hugh and Julia could be consulted about their official role in the boy's upbringing.
Edward dropped the letter onto the desk, not trusting himself not to shred it before he'd finished reading. His father wanted to take Rupert away from him completely, and the remainder of the paragraph, as Edward read on, included not-so-veiled threats as to how this could be accomplished through the courts were the child not to be delivered within a reasonable period. Neither he nor his wife were fit parents: look at how the child had been conceived, and at their lives prior to marriage. No reasonable man would consider allowing Edward to continue to have influence over any boy, much less one who stood to come into considerable wealth and property, not to mention political influence, later.