The Witch's Will by Raven Snow

Author:Raven Snow [Snow, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

They left for the Antonie mansion almost immediately. Lady rode with Dom. He didn’t say a lot during the drive. Lady wondered if he was angry at her, not that she was too worried about it. Truth be told, she was more worried about what Ms. Poole might say. She was supposed to come right back after delivering Ms. Comfrey’s rain water. Already, Lady was trying to formulate an excuse. Ms. Comfrey had asked her to accompany her to the Antonie residence. How could she refuse her without being incredibly rude to Ms. Poole’s clientele? That was mostly true, right? It would make for a decent excuse, wouldn’t it?

The rational side of Lady’s brain told her that she needed to get in contact with Ms. Poole in some way. If the old woman had a cell, she could leave a message. Unfortunately, the only way she could think to get in touch with her was through the front desk. It was seldom that the phone at the front desk of the Fisherman’s Inn went on ringing. Lady sincerely doubted that she could make a call to Ms. Poole without talking to her directly. If that happened, chances were she would be told to come back immediately, never mind what Al had told her to do.

Lady turned her phone off and opted not to make the call. She would pretend her phone went dead once she got back. That probably wouldn’t get her out of trouble, but Lady was unwilling to give up on that slim chance of becoming wealthy. Going to the mansion again was a good opportunity. If she didn’t go now, she would always be kicking herself over what might have been.

The gate had been left open. Lady admired the dense landscape of trees as they drove uphill. She gave a low whistle as the mansion itself came into view. It was a proper old Victorian mansion. Without the crowd from the funeral it somehow looked even more impressive. “Looks haunted,” Lady commented, propping her head in her hand as she took it all in. “Man, I’d give anything to live here.”

“I’d advise against it.” Dom’s voice was void of most emotion. If anything, he sounded weary. There was a glazed look in his eyes as he slowed to park alongside Al. He’d seen this place before. It no longer impressed him, if it ever had.

“A place like this then,” Lady recanted, assuming Dom could relate easier if she spoke in those terms. “I know you have bad memories here.”

Dom shook his head. “It’s not just that,” he insisted. “This kind of place wasn’t built for just a few people to live in. You’ve never been inside when it’s not crowded. It’s a lot of empty space, real lonely. It’s a lot to keep up, too. That means a lot of rooms boarded off because it would cost too much to keep them up. It’s a waste.”

“I can see that, I guess.” Lady still longed to live in such a mansion one day, but it wasn’t anything worth debating over.

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