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thoughts drifted over the years of happy
memories.
    He said she moved to Boston to be nanny to
his sister-in-law's three children, but he never really went beyond
that. He mentioned once a tragedy that had driven Julia from
Kentucky, making her swear never to return. Daniel assumed it must
have had something to do with an undesirable man; an unsuitable or
unfortunate love affair, perhaps.
    Daniel snickered to himself, remembering the
many young debutants he knew back in London, who fell into the same
category; innocent by day and hotter than hades by night. No matter
how much Victor pleaded or plotted, Julia refused to return home.
The sorrow in the man's weak voice made Daniel suspect, being part
owner of Turner Stables really wouldn't matter much to her. Her
intentions - according to Victor - was to live the life she made
for herself; which meant she would want to return to Boston as soon
as he was dead and buried.
    Jeremy wasn't described in quite as loving a
way as his older sister. Victor stated that his only son had been
reckless and somewhat of a playboy, in his earlier days. He hated
everything his father offered to him, even to the point of using an
inheritance from his grandmother to put him through school rather
than the money his parents offered him. Victor said he was just as
stubborn as sister and never agreed with anyone about anything,
least of all his own father. The only good thing he said about his
youngest child was how much he loved and respected his mother.
    Of Julia, Victor's tone always seemed to be
more admiring than the one he used when speaking of Jeremy. He
spoke often of a little girl growing up, who would ride with her
daddy when he would go to round up the horses. He said if it wasn't
for her bull-headed attitude, she would have had no faults
whatsoever and blaimed his wife's Italian blood for her
determination.
    Louise Turner on the other hand spoke
lovingly of both her children, as Daniel knew only a mother could.
Good or bad, her children were her pride and soul. She agreed that
both were stubborn and independent and even admitted that they were
somewhat spoiled, yet there was nothing unfavorable that she could
- or perhaps would - mention of either one of them.
    She bragged her son Jeremy up, mentioning
time and again how he would soon be graduating college and how she
wished he would move back to Kentucky when he did. She loved her
youngest child, and even went so far as to mention several
prospective and desirable young girls whom she felt would make a
proper wife for him. Daniel would never tell the woman that he knew
most of the young ladies she mentioned. He would never admit to her
that they were less than respectable, or tell her how many had
shared his own bed, along with half the men in Mayfield.
    Louise spoke often of Julia, as well. She
told him how beautiful her daughter was and how she would make a
wonderful wife and mother to some lucky, deserving young man - as
if he had never heard that line before. She admitted she really
couldn't describe her daughter in perfect detail for him, since she
had seen her only twice in the past five years. A tragedy involving
her best friend had torn Julia’s life a part; driving her from her
home and family. Daniel began to wonder if the event Victor had
mentioned was more of a love triangle, then an unwanted or
unreturned liaison.
    The woman went on to say she had asked her
younger sister if she might take Julia in for a while. She had
intended for Julia to remain in Boston long enough to finish out
her senior year of school and then return home. But much to her
mother’s disappointment, Julia refused to come back to Kentucky.
She accepted a position her Aunt Lena offered her and became the
family's nanny.
    Apart from the few differences, both Victor
and Louise described the same traits in their children; it sounded
as though Daniel would soon be meeting a set of Siamese twins. He
didn't know whether they would be receptive, or resentful