Welcome to Rainbow Snippets! Today, Fredrick wonders who’s on the staircase…
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Another giggle and stifled moan floated down to him and he grinned, even though the laughter emphasized his own loneliness. It had been far too long since he’d had someone in his bed.
Fredrick looked up at the clatter of footsteps, distracted from his memory of lush lips, white skin, and wide, hazel eyes. He caught a glimpse of red hair and an embarrassed cheek before the gentleman crammed a hat on his head.
“Damned Wilkerson,” the man muttered as he passed him, face averted.
With conscious effort, Fredrick loosened his hold on his glass, but he had no way to stop the wild hammering of his heart. Wilkerson? Could it really be…?
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William Wilkerson leads the life of the privileged rich. Head of his father’s shipping business, he indulges to his heart’s content in the pleasures of the flesh with Boston’s finest young men.
That is, until he reunites with Fredrick: his former tutor and the one man who captured his heart.
But William’s father has declared Fredrick off limits. And Fredrick, himself, believes he’s beneath the attention of the Wilkerson heir.
After having lost his current pupil to graduation, and with no prospects of a replacement, Frederick is homeless, hungry, and easy pickings for the men on the docks.
When Frederick is shanghaied into service on William’s own merchant ship, will William discover his plight in time to rescue him?
Dianne Hartsock 
Hmm now what’s going to happen I wonder.
“Could it really be…?” — I’ll bet it is! 🙂
Sounds like a ripping yarn! 🙂
I’m guessing there aren’t too many other Wilkersons it could be. 😀
Well? Is he going to stand there or is he going to go see?
And I want to know why his father declared Frederick off limits.
You’ll see! 🙂
That’s an intriguing scene.
Very intriguing!