should she scream ? should she cry her heart out ? ⸺ one had been aware of how each one of them, her family , wanted to be of help to her, to comfort her during this painful period of grief . something that, unfortunately, the bridgertons knew far too much about. no one expected it to happen again so soon, especially to sweet Francesca Bridgerton - Stirling , countess of killmartin ⸺ oh , no ! dowager countess of killmartin. and there was no certainty of how long this dowager title would even belong to her, once that she had lost her child, with the earldoom now being Micheal’s . . . LORD , how much she missed him. losting John, the baby . . . and, as if it wasn’t enough , Micheal left her, two years ago now.
her sister-in-law deserved a better companion for the afternoon than her ; being fair honest, she wasn’t certain now why had she accepted Kate and Anthony’s invitation to spend a few weeks with them and the children . . . she loved spending time with her nephews and niece , of course she did. she had always loved children. although she wondered lord and lady Bridgerton were up to. once, despite it being no longer necessary, Francesca still wore half-mourning period clothing. lifting her head up and finding the comforting orbs of the woman sitting beside her and realizing she had been probably talking and waiting for reponse in a while now made her embarrassed. ❛ I . . . I don’t know. I have Killmartin now, Kate, it has been fufilling. and when Micheal ⸺ when the new Lord Killmartin finds his countess, it will be no longer mine.❜
