The Curse of McMillan Castle - A Novella (A Scottish Time Travel Romance): Book 12.5 by Bethany Claire

Author:Bethany Claire [Claire, Bethany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781970110234
Publisher: Bethany Claire Books
Published: 2020-11-23T18:30:00+00:00

Cooper

He couldn’t let Rosie see how frightened he truly was. She already thought he was too young—too little—as she so often liked to point out to him. No. Rosie was frightened. That meant he had to be strong for her. This wasn’t a ghost. This was just a painting—a haunted painting.

It didn’t matter how fast his heart beat in his chest. It didn’t matter how tired he was. His Rosie was scared, and he simply had to find a way to be strong for her.

“Why did you take it out of the cellar, Rosie?”

Rosie sighed and shrugged. “I don’t know. I felt bad for her. This was her home. I didn’t think she needed to be locked away in the cellar as if she didn’t belong here. I understand why grandmother didn’t want to make Baodan sad, but I just thought she needed to be somewhere where she could be seen.”

Rosie was the best girl in the world. Of course she cared about the woman in the painting. It was one of the many reasons that Cooper loved her so much.

“Well, what do you think we should do now?”

Rosie hesitated and a familiar apprehension built in Cooper’s gut. Whatever Rosie was about to suggest, he was likely to get in trouble for it. He could sense it in every part of his being.

“I think we should burn it.”

“Burn it?” Cooper knew his voice rose too loudly at the question, but it was the last thing he expected her to say.

Consult a grown-up? Likely.

Return it to the cellar? Possible.

Burn it? Never.

“Why would you want to burn it?”

“Maybe she’s trapped in the painting, Cooper, and burning it will set her free? Sort of like cremating a body—ashes to ashes and all that.”

Cooper shivered at the thought. He didn’t want to think about burning the painting—let alone burning bodies.

“Where would we even burn something?”

“Somewhere outside of the village. Far enough away that no one will see the smoke.”

Cooper sighed. Just like with the cake—Rosie’s mind was set. No matter what he said to her, there would be no talking her out of it.

“I really don’t think this is a good idea.”

Rosie shrugged. “I don’t care. I’m doing it. You don’t have to come, if you don’t want to.”

Rosie knew he would come. She wouldn’t have woken him up, otherwise.

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