One Last Secret (The Governess: Book 5) by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2024-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

I wince as the doctor snips the end off of the sutures. “These are the kind that dissolve after a while,” she says, “so you won’t need a follow up appointment unless you get an infection. If you have a fever or feel nausea or dizziness, you need to call me. Everything else is just mild bruising. I can prescribe you something for the pain, if you’d like.”

I shake my head. The last thing I need right now is a substance that will cloud my mind even further. “No, thank you. I’ll take ibuprofen if I need something.”

I am in the living room on Victor's couch. Celeste and Evelyn are standing on the other side of the coffee table. Celeste is puffy-eyed from crying. I feel terrible for frightening her so. Evelyn looks at me with anger that I probably deserve, unless of course, her anger is because I've found a secret she wished would remain hidden. I can't believe that Victor would tell her about the haven, but if I can snoop, so can she.

I need to talk to Sean. He’s standing next to me and frowning down at me with his arms crossed. He’s not happy with me either, not that I blame him.

The doctor leaves, and the others watch me, waiting, I assume, for some explanation. When I don’t offer one right away, Evelyn says, “What the hell were you doing out there at six o’clock in the morning? Were you trying to get yourself killed?”

She sounds almost exactly like Sean did earlier. I hesitate before answering both of them. My initial desire to tell the police what I’ve found remains, but now that I know the dangers someone down there could face, I don’t want to reveal it in front of Celeste. I fear that Victor may have been caught at high tide in one of his own dissociative episodes and been swept out to sea.

Sean senses my hesitation and says, “Why don’t you take Celeste out to breakfast, Evelyn? I’ll stay with Mary.”

“Is she okay?” Celeste asks. “She’s going to be all right?”

“She’ll be fine,” Sean says, “Honestly, she could use a little knock around the head every now and then. Helps get rid of the fool ideas she takes to sometimes.”

“No,” I say, staring hard at Sean. “I’ll be all right. It’s best if Celeste remains here for now until we know what happened to her father.”

Sean rolls his eyes. “Go ahead with her, Evelyn. I’ll talk to Mary.”

Evelyn nods and leads Celeste away. I glare at Sean, but he meets my gaze impassively. When the door closes behind them, I say, “I hope like hell that you have proof Evelyn’s not involved.”

“There’s no sign of Victor at her house, her bank account is clean, and she nearly stabbed me when Celeste answered the door to a strange man. She loves that girl like she’s her own, and if I hadn’t been able to show them the texts you’d sent me, then I’d never be let inside.

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