reached for the other half of her sandwich. “Go on.”
“It was a…difficult time. He was at a very vulnerable age, an age when a boy is struggling to become a man, to show his strength, to develop his pride, and it was most difficult to be the object of cruelty.”
“People were cruel to Ali?”
Having been the butt of cruelty herself as a child, Faith had grown to abhor any hint of cruelty toward anyone.
Kadid nodded sadly. “Yes, I’m afraid so. The sheik has always kept his own counsel. As a member of the royal family, it is of course expected, accepted—”
“But you knew?”
His wrinkled face once again creased into a smile. “Yes. I have been with the sheik since his birth and perhaps know him as well as his father. It is the honor of my life.”
“So where does Mrs. Jourdan come in?”
“Mr. Colton was aware of the difficulties the sheik was having. Mrs. Jourdan was a teacher at the private school where the sheik had been enrolled. Mr. Colton had heard that Mrs. Jourdan did private tutoring. She was a much-beloved, much-respected member of the community, as well as an excellent teacher, kind, loving, nurturing. With Ali’s father’s permission, Mr. Colton made arrangements to hire Mrs. Jourdan to help the sheik with the language, as well as with the difficult cultural adjustment he was having.”
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