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He phoned the American Embassy and made a
luncheon date with the head Embassy Ambassador. This was a little unusual for the American had
a small representation in Hong Kong with just a small staff.
The ambassador was pleased to
be summoned for a meeting for normally it wouldn’t have happened.
Lord Malborne exchanged some
niceties, and then got to the point. He
wanted the ambassador to hire Cheri and to pay her a good salary and in turn he
promised to return the favor in the future. The American jumped at the chance to have some
interaction with the ruling British counsel. He said send her over and I will personally
hire her.
After the lunch they agreed
to be more open with each other in the future. Lord Malborne called Martha and
went over the meeting and the promise of a job for Cheri. “Now it’s up to you,” he said.
The next morning Lady Martha called
Cheri into her study and Cheri thought she was going to take some dictation.
Martha told her she wouldn’t need her pad, but
to just relax, sit down and listen to what she had to say.
She told her that Brian and
his wife would be moving into the west wing of the house, and it wouldn’t be
wise for her to be there after they moved in.
She said, “I think you can
figure out what might happen if you were here and the possibility of Brian
being attracted to you again.”
She said that Cheri could do
one of two things. “One, you could take
Reggie and return to your folk’s Sampan, or you could leave him with us and go
to work at the American Embassy at a good salary.
If you leave him here, you
know he will have everything he ever would need and have a good education and
would get a great position in the government.
But if he goes with you, he
will just be running on the streets with little education and no prospects for
a good job.´
Martha continued, “I’m hoping
his father will take a liking to him and want to be a father to him. Part of the deal will be you never tell him
Reggie is his child for that can only cause trouble in his marriage.”
Martha said. “I want you to
return to your father’s Sampan and spend the night, and then tell me what you
want to do.
Cheri did as she was told and
quickly decided she couldn’t bring Reggie up on the water front.
She told Martha her decision
and asked her what she was to do. Martha
said it is essential to find you a nice place to live and then take you to
where you will be working.
After getting Cheri settled
in her new home Martha said, “We must go shopping for some nice clothes for
working in the Embassy.” She paid for
her new wardrobe and told Cheri how she should dress for every occasion.
The last thing Martha had Cheri
do, was to sign away her rights as the mother of Reggie.
Martha explained to Reggie that
he wouldn’t be seeing Cheri anymore, but there would be a new friend coming in
a few days. She then gave him some new
toys that took his mind off of Cheri.
A few days later Brian and
hid wife arrived and they were soon settling in the west wing of the house and
began to get unpacked. With more of
their goods arriving daily it took a week to get situated.
One of the first things that
happened was Minnie; Brain’s wife saw the child, Reggie and immediately took to
him.
Martha told her that he was
an orphan and she had agreed to keep him until he was adopted by some family. As the days went by Minnie spent most of her
time with Reggie.
When Martha was sure she was somewhat enamored with him
she told Minnie that a family was interested in adopting Reggie.
To be Continued
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