Sins of the Past (The Star Elite's Highwaymen Investigation Book 2) by King Rebecca

Author:King, Rebecca [King, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-08-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

‘Was it you?’ Colin demanded, stomping into the house without being asked. He barely looked at Bessie who held the door open for him. Colin pierced his daughter with a dark scowl instead while he waited impatiently for her to answer.

‘Was what us?’ Clarissa asked, feigning ignorance. She crossed her fingers behind her back and hoped she didn’t look as guilty as she felt.

‘Have you not heard the news?’ Colin flicked a dark look between Bessie and Clarissa who looked at each other in silent warning.

Clarissa could only hope that the Star Elite were prepared to lie to her father as well, or everyone in the house was going to suffer her father’s wrath before the house could return to the peaceful home it should be.

‘The highwaymen struck again last night. One of them was killed and found in Simmerton this morning.’ Colin turned to glare at Bessie as if his worry was all her fault.

Before he could demand Bessie tell him the truth, Rosamund edged into the hallway. She had been trying to creep toward the stairs so she could avoid having to meet with him but the floorboard beneath her boot creaked. Colin spun around to face her. Rosamund mentally winced, but her face remained impassive as she found herself pinned beneath his somewhat spiteful glare. Unsurprisingly, he focused his annoyance on the person he considered the weakest of the three women.

‘Was it your carriage the highwaymen robbed last night?’ Colin demanded of her.

Uncharacteristically, Rosamund squared her shoulders and glared back. Now that she knew she was going to leave just as soon as the Star Elite allowed her to go, she had no qualms about upsetting her employer’s brother. He was arrogant, rude, and extremely boorish despite being clergy. He also considered her someone he could bully with his demands because she was a servant, but Rosamund was not prepared to allow him to get away with it any longer. Rather than cower as she usually would, Rosamund stared back at him with eyes that were icy with all the contempt she felt.

‘I don’t know what you are talking about,’ she snapped with a scowl.

‘What in the Devil’s name is wrong? What do you think you are doing barging in here like this at this ungodly hour of the morning?’ Bessie demanded with an angry scowl on her face. ‘How dare you come marching in here as if you own the property like this? It would serve you right if I threw you out on your ear.’

‘Was it her?’ Colin demanded again.

When Bessie didn’t reply, Colin stepped toward Clarissa, who was standing beside the study door, and realised then that the study was full of men. He blinked at them as if disbelieving of what he was seeing. ‘Who are you?’ he demanded without preamble as if he had every right to ask.

Zach, who had remained beside the door just in case the latest arrival became physically aggressive, opened his mouth to reply to the impertinent question only for Bessie to step between them.

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