Revenge: Slay Three by Paige Laurelin

Author:Paige, Laurelin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paige Press LLC
Published: 2020-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

Now: Celia

I sat down at my vanity and switched my phone to speaker so that I could do something productive while my mother spilled her gossip.

Until I’d moved to London, I’d lived my whole life in close vicinity to her. We saw each other so often, the only thing to talk about was the goings-on of others. I’d thought with an ocean between us we’d share more of our own lives, that she’d tell me about herself. That she’d ask about what was happening with me.

Turned out that wasn’t the case.

“You should have seen it, Ceeley. She had the tackiest hairpins, in the shape of bumble bees. She might have well been one of the children at the event instead of the organizer. It was so embarrassing. I refused to even let the paper take my picture with her.”

“Good call,” I said, setting the phone on the counter. I had no idea who she was talking about. I’d only been half listening, and as long as I made a comment or a sound every now and then, my mother wasn’t any wiser.

As she started into another story, I opened the jar of my moisturizer and applied it over my face and neck. There was a reason why calling home first thing in the morning was a bad idea—it made for an awfully late start to my day. At least I hadn’t planned to do any design work. Genevieve was graduating from university the next day, though, and we had a party planned afterward at the country house, a party I was completely in charge of.

Thank goodness for a competent staff. It meant I didn’t have to do most of the heavy lifting. I wasn’t even planning to go out to the house until the morning, but there were still a lot of details to oversee.

“Who else is there to tell you about? I know I’m missing something.”

“Hmm,” I said, as though I were trying to be helpful. I didn’t care about anyone in her social circle. Not a one. The only person she could tell me about that interested me was Uncle Ron, and there was no way I was going to be the one to bring him up.

It had been three months since Camilla had met up with him at the Savoy, and while it hadn’t been expected that he would reach out to her, there was always a hope that he might. The next step to the long game wasn’t supposed to take place for another couple of months, when Camilla planned to invite him to Exceso. I’d wanted it to be sooner—now that I was part of the scheme, I was eager to get it going—but Edward felt we’d have a better chance at earning his trust if the “right” people were on the island when Ron was there. Apparently some men with questionable sexual interests would be visiting in the fall, so the invitation would be extended at the end of summer.

Still, I wished there was something that could be done now.

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