Download and read  "Diamond Cut Diamond " by Jane Donnelly

...elegance, but tonight she felt disturbed, disorientated. It had been an upsetting day. Especially this morning's scene with her father. She had thought he might say yes, because he was a generous man who did support good causes. At any rate she'd hoped for a sizeable contribution to the theatre's funds from him. She had never thought he would threaten her. That they would end up quarrelling. She wished the Reynolds had been coming tonight with their friendly familiar faces, saving her from an evening almost alone with a stranger. With Georgy trotting at her heels she went into the small parlour, then looked into the dining room, and finally tapped on the study door and walked in there. The man sitting in her father's chair behind her father's desk was Laurenson, and Georgy, who had ambled happily into the room, took one look at him and darted out between Charlotte's feet, sending her off balance. It was a wonder she didn't go flat on her face. As it was she lurched forward and...