Revenge by Cassidy Cayman

Author:Cassidy Cayman
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Time travel
Published: 2014-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Piper was as polished as she was going to get. She’d gone downstairs that morning to find a harried Evie bouncing Magnus on her shoulder and barking instructions into her phone while waving at some men to bring in tables and chairs. Mellie was taking scrumptious smelling puff pastries out of the oven while expertly sliding in another pan behind them. When she wandered into the kitchen in her pajamas, they’d both screeched at her.

“Finally,” Evie said, clicking off her phone.

She pointed the men in the direction of the great dining hall that never got used, but was apparently going to be the main party room that night. It was massive and dreary and Piper hated it, but both Evie and Mel kept shushing her and telling her to trust them.

Evie handed Magnus off to Mellie, then dragged Piper to get her ragged, ruined nails done at the village salon. Donna’s Beauty was somewhat awkwardly right next to Sam’s book store. Piper had pretended she wanted to buy a magazine for while she was getting worked on, but Evie’s face had gone so pale, she quickly dropped it. Whatever had happened between those two, it was serious, and Piper couldn’t get either one of them to talk.

When she’d called up Sam on the phone, he’d merely brushed it off, redirecting all her attempts to everything that had happened to her and Lachlan while they were in the past. Evie kept sighing and woefully begging Piper to leave it for another time, and Mellie maddeningly just didn’t know anything. She was as confused about it as Piper. One day, Evie had shown up with newborn Magnus and a carload of luggage, and had barely spoken to Sam since.

Piper tried to relax as Donna set their fingers and toes to soaking, letting out a pent up breath and trying not to notice her dark circles in the mirror that took up the entire wall of the salon. Evie cleared her throat and raised her eyebrow at Piper’s reflection.

“What?” Piper said, prepared for the worst. She suspected Evie didn’t buy her sleepwalking story and now she was going to hear all about it.

“You act like I’m going to say something awful,” Evie said, looking hurt. “I’m just worried about you.”

“I’m fine,” she said, looking down at her feet in the bubbling water.

“Well, you seem different since you got back. You even look different, like you’re always on edge. You’re never on edge.”

Piper considered this. Unless she was willing to admit that she’d been secretly poring over the diary, there was nothing she could say.

“I just haven’t been sleeping well,” Piper said.

“Do you think it’s a side effect?” Evie asked in a hushed and anxious tone, glancing around to make sure Donna was far enough away to not overhear them. Piper shrugged, honestly not having considered that. “Does Lachlan have it?” Evie persisted.

“No, I don’t think so,” Piper said. If anything he was way more mellow than he should have been. He should have been just as upset, if not more, than she was.

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