World of Vanessa — The Duchess of Ashcombe, Page 33
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Outside the Hawthorne Family Butchers, Ellie Hawthorne faces a black-haired woman in a purple jacket while a crowd gathers around them. Ellie: “You better get yourself ready.” Woman in purple: “Oh really now?”
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Ellie Hawthorne stands with her fists raised opposite a black-haired woman in a purple jacket and white gloves, as a crowd watches them in a cobbled street.
About this chapter
Vanessa reluctantly makes her yearly visit to her duchy, Ashcombe, a very tiny English village. Her attempt at a charm offensive ends up being none of the former and too much of the latter.
