“Can we talk in private?” Louise asked when they stepped apart. Beatrice nodded. “Take a seat,” she offered, but the princess shook her head. “Not in your office! This isn’t a work meeting.” Louise grabbed her tote bag from the floor, and Beatrice heard the telltale clatter of a wine bottle. “I brought Sauternes,” Louise explained, with a wink. “Should we go outside?” “It’s freezing!” “So?” Louise replied, undaunted. “Or don’t you have an indoor pool?” Which was how they ended up driving a golf cart, its sides zipped up in insulated plastic, past the orchard to the Washington family’s pool
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