Teaser SF chapter 29

Last regular Chapter: We will see King Edward and Queen Isabella in action :)

Edward sighed, moving to sit next to Bella in the rocker and moving it so it faced her a bit more. “It was a better day, but I wanted to ask you to come to session tomorrow. There will be someone there that I think you would like to see. Apparently, you met him before when Father asked you to sit in and he presented the three of you a proposal about a school?”
Bella’s eyes lit up as a wide smile crossed her face. Edward smiled back, pleased that she was at least interested.

“He wasn’t supposed to return for another couple of months, but an opportunity has arisen and he asked to come to request the new annuity slightly sooner. I thought that since this was something you helped begin, that you might like to be involved.”

Bella sighed, looking longingly at the baby on her husband’s shoulder and then the one in her own arms. She felt guilty for leaving them, even for a short while. After all, they would only be babies once. She knew that she had a duty to England, and there was time that she believed that it would come before all others, but now, with the precious little ones in her arms, she couldn’t bear to place anything above them.

Edward smiled, watching her conflicted features before reaching over with a hand and resting it atop hers. “Leaving them with the nurses for a short time does not make you a bad mother, My Bella. You do not even have to stay for the full day, but I know that this education annuity is close to your heart. Please consider at least coming for the morning.”

Bella let out a long sigh before she nodded, a tight smile on her lips. “Education is important for all of the children of England. Educating the young will only make this country that much better when our son steps forward to take on the responsibility of the throne.”