Jamie danced down the stairs and then, hastily sobered as she walked down the passage to her Pappa’s study.

She wanted to meet her father, promise him that she would be back soon and then leave. Because she loved, nay worshipped her Pappa; he had always been the star in her life, the only man she had looked up to, the one who never let her down.

Her very own Knight in Shining Armour.

And now, as she walked, she beamed at her Pappa’s valet, old Gustav, who smiled ...