over anyone before.”
Hannah dropped her mouth open in disgust. “I’m not gooey over him.”
“Hannah, you’re acting total y out of character. You can talk to a state senator about how to save the planet and then turn around and discuss the meaning of life with a homeless man. With Chris, you said less than ten words.”
“Oh, please. I’m sure I said at least eleven.”
“Admit it, you like him.”
Hannah fiddled with the ribbon on her chemise. “I have never met anyone like him.”
“He’s a very nice guy, Han.” Emma tapped her shoulder with her own. “And just think! If you guys get married, you’l be a Butler.”
“So?”
“Rhett Butler? We’l have a complement to Sophie’s Scarlett.”
Hannah groaned. “Oh, please.”
A knock at the door had Sophie poking her head inside the room. “Everything okay?”
Emma waved her in. “We were just talking about Christopher.”
Sophie closed the door and smiled. “Have you figured out you’re in love with him yet?”
“Sophie!” Hannah wrinkled her nose. “I am not in love with him.”
Sophie sat in the chair across from the bed. “But you are in like with him.”
Hannah sighed. “I don’t know. He’s so intense and kind of bossy.”
“That’s probably because of his job,” Sophie said.
Emma nodded. “Yes, Clayton can be a bit like that too.”
Hannah pul ed her knees up to her chin. “What exactly do they do?”
Sophie leaned her head against the back of the chair.
“They’re part of Lincoln’s War Cabinet.”
“Yes, but what does that mean?”
“Wel , they work with the military on strategic movements and protection of the President, but not quite like it is in our time. There’s no secret service at this point in time, so Christopher and Clayton are pretty much it.”
“There’s no secret service?” Emma’s eyes widened. “At al ?”
Sophie shook her head. “No. In 1865 it wil be formed to protect money. It’s started for the sole purpose of suppressing counterfeit currency.”
“Money’s more important than our President?” Emma asked incredulously.
Sophie nodded. “At the moment, yes. They don’t do ful time protection of the President until 1902.”
“That’s stupid.” Hannah rubbed her temples. “But of course you’ve told them about the threat to the President, right?”
She saw Sophie glance at Emma. Hannah raised an eyebrow. “You didn’t?”
Emma shook her head. “Clayton knows.”
Sophie frowned. “Yes, and we told Andrew and Christine, but no one else.”
“Who are Andrew and Christine?” Hannah asked.
“Christine’s become my closest friend, and Andrew’s her brother.”
Hannah tucked her feet under her bottom. “How did you meet them?”
“Their sister, Nona, offered me shelter and now Jamie and I live with her and her husband, Michael.” Sophie leaned forward. “Dr. and Mrs. Wade. Norine, we cal her Nona, is Christine and Andrew’s eldest sister. They also have another sister, Elizabeth, and they’ve al been wonderful.”
Emma ran one of the ribbons on her dress through her fingers. “Clayton’s brother, Richard, lives in the house next door to the Wades’. He and Clay built it years ago, and we stay there whenever we visit. Richard breeds and trains the horses that the cavalry use.”
Hannah widened her eyes. “Have you told the family…or Richard…anything?”
Sophie shook her head.
“Wow, Sophie, I real y thought you’d be yel ing from the top of the White House about the threat and figure out a way to save him.”
“I can’t. I’m leaving it to Clayton. If he thinks Chris should know, then I suppose he’l tel him.” Sophie groaned. “There is the Maryland connection, too, which is disheartening.”
“The Mudd house?”
Sophie nodded. “Next year, Booth wil visit Maryland, claiming to look for real estate investments. Of course, it’s a cover…he’s scouting out an escape route, but during his visit, he meets Dr. Mudd. He stays
Hannah dropped her mouth open in disgust. “I’m not gooey over him.”
“Hannah, you’re acting total y out of character. You can talk to a state senator about how to save the planet and then turn around and discuss the meaning of life with a homeless man. With Chris, you said less than ten words.”
“Oh, please. I’m sure I said at least eleven.”
“Admit it, you like him.”
Hannah fiddled with the ribbon on her chemise. “I have never met anyone like him.”
“He’s a very nice guy, Han.” Emma tapped her shoulder with her own. “And just think! If you guys get married, you’l be a Butler.”
“So?”
“Rhett Butler? We’l have a complement to Sophie’s Scarlett.”
Hannah groaned. “Oh, please.”
A knock at the door had Sophie poking her head inside the room. “Everything okay?”
Emma waved her in. “We were just talking about Christopher.”
Sophie closed the door and smiled. “Have you figured out you’re in love with him yet?”
“Sophie!” Hannah wrinkled her nose. “I am not in love with him.”
Sophie sat in the chair across from the bed. “But you are in like with him.”
Hannah sighed. “I don’t know. He’s so intense and kind of bossy.”
“That’s probably because of his job,” Sophie said.
Emma nodded. “Yes, Clayton can be a bit like that too.”
Hannah pul ed her knees up to her chin. “What exactly do they do?”
Sophie leaned her head against the back of the chair.
“They’re part of Lincoln’s War Cabinet.”
“Yes, but what does that mean?”
“Wel , they work with the military on strategic movements and protection of the President, but not quite like it is in our time. There’s no secret service at this point in time, so Christopher and Clayton are pretty much it.”
“There’s no secret service?” Emma’s eyes widened. “At al ?”
Sophie shook her head. “No. In 1865 it wil be formed to protect money. It’s started for the sole purpose of suppressing counterfeit currency.”
“Money’s more important than our President?” Emma asked incredulously.
Sophie nodded. “At the moment, yes. They don’t do ful time protection of the President until 1902.”
“That’s stupid.” Hannah rubbed her temples. “But of course you’ve told them about the threat to the President, right?”
She saw Sophie glance at Emma. Hannah raised an eyebrow. “You didn’t?”
Emma shook her head. “Clayton knows.”
Sophie frowned. “Yes, and we told Andrew and Christine, but no one else.”
“Who are Andrew and Christine?” Hannah asked.
“Christine’s become my closest friend, and Andrew’s her brother.”
Hannah tucked her feet under her bottom. “How did you meet them?”
“Their sister, Nona, offered me shelter and now Jamie and I live with her and her husband, Michael.” Sophie leaned forward. “Dr. and Mrs. Wade. Norine, we cal her Nona, is Christine and Andrew’s eldest sister. They also have another sister, Elizabeth, and they’ve al been wonderful.”
Emma ran one of the ribbons on her dress through her fingers. “Clayton’s brother, Richard, lives in the house next door to the Wades’. He and Clay built it years ago, and we stay there whenever we visit. Richard breeds and trains the horses that the cavalry use.”
Hannah widened her eyes. “Have you told the family…or Richard…anything?”
Sophie shook her head.
“Wow, Sophie, I real y thought you’d be yel ing from the top of the White House about the threat and figure out a way to save him.”
“I can’t. I’m leaving it to Clayton. If he thinks Chris should know, then I suppose he’l tel him.” Sophie groaned. “There is the Maryland connection, too, which is disheartening.”
“The Mudd house?”
Sophie nodded. “Next year, Booth wil visit Maryland, claiming to look for real estate investments. Of course, it’s a cover…he’s scouting out an escape route, but during his visit, he meets Dr. Mudd. He stays
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