“What’s Debbie got to do with our cottage?”
She didn’t know, but she knew she was right.
“I’m afraid I may have the answer to that.” Conrad spoke tersely in his Earl of Evenston tone. Aaron had met less intimidating Delta Force commanders.
He held onto Jane’s shaking hands and they all turned to listen to the earl.
“When I purchased the estate here in Fosse-on-the-Wold, a holding company came in and swept up most of the for-sale properties. The town had fallen into quite a state of disarray and prices were very favorable to an enterprising person with money.”
“Geoffrey,” Jane breathed it out.
“Geoffrey,” Conrad confirmed. “I didn’t see any particular harm in it and he hasn’t done any undue price gouging. At least not prior to this. He simply had the capital to hold the properties unt
