Chapter Thirty Five

The doorbell sounded in the hall across the sitting room. A maid went across, into the living room to see whoever had pressed the bell. She opened the door to find a stranger.

“Good afternoon, I’m here to see Miss Sidney Allen.” He said.

“Good afternoon, may I know your name sir?” She asked.

Closing the door, she went to the sitting room to declare the stranger’s name and intentions.

“Bradley Humphrey?” Puzzled. She asked the maid to let him in. She wondered how he got to be there, she couldn’t remember talking about the address to her mother’s house in Paris.

When Brad appeared in the large French doorway of the sitting room, Sidney couldn’t believe her eyes.

“Brad, what are you doing here?”

Instead of answering her question, he went over to her mother and greeted her.

“Nice to meet you too.” Claire replied. “You are most welcomed.”

When he turned to Sidney, there was no longer a puzzled look on