Page 131 of Electric Kiss

“I seriously doubt that, but who knows? Technically she is still a Turner and I wouldn’t want to see her on the streets at her age. I’m sure if she needs assistance we’ll get it to her,” Archer said. “But my guess is, as soon as Grandfather died, she moved as fast as possible make the rules of the will come about, so she could leave. She’s got her wish, and it suits us. We forget about her.”

A knock at the door made them all turn their heads to see the incoming visitor.

Bailey and Maggie appeared anxious.

“Is everything okay?” Archer asked.

“There’s a letter here for Archer,” Bailey said, walking over with a crisp cream envelope. “But there is something else.”

“What is it?” Jason asked.

“What happens to us?”

That was Maggie wringing her hands.

“What do you mean?” Luke chipped in.

“With no head of the family living at Turner Hall, will you need us to stay?” she asked.

“Do you want to stay?” Daisy asked.

Maggie looked to Bailey and then back at them nodding.

“Maggie, Ralph and I would like to stay,” Bailey said.

“Then you’ll stay as long as you want to, we wouldn’t want you to leave. Won’t you get bored if you hang around making bacon sandwiches and straightening our outfits? Jason asked with a grin.

A bubble of laugher came out of Maggie and she wiped at her eyes.

“Well,” Maggie said then looked at Bailey.

Bailey nodded and Maggie took a deep breath.

“It isn’t our place, and we wondered, and that was after Miss Turner passed that…what I mean to say is, you won’t want to move from the cottages. So we were thinking if you would consider opening up the house to the National Trust, English Heritage, or we could do it ourselves?”

Luke watched as Archer looked at Jason and then Jason looked at Luke and then they all looked at Daisy. All eyes were bright.

“That’s a great idea,” Imelda said. “I could help set that up and we could run it together.”

“Really Mum? You’d want to be here at Turner Hall?”

“If she’s not here, then there are no ghosts for me,” she replied. “It will give me a purpose and be part of setting up a new Turner legacy.”

“Well, Maggie, Bailey, looks like we’ll need you more than ever. Ralph too,” Archer said.

“Let’s get these off on honeymoon and we’ll chat about it next week,” Bailey offered.

Maggie with a beaming smile hurried from the room.

“It’s great to have you all home,” Bailey said nodding to all of them.

He too left the room.

“Can you imagine how much good we can do for the island with tens of millions?” Erica said.

“It’s going to be a fabulous project,” Imelda replied.

“Time to get drunk,” Heidi declared.

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