Helanie:
After Emmet called me and asked for help, I wasn't left with much choice but to return to that place to help him out.
The mansion didn't scare me anymore, except for the presence of Kaye. He had changed—almost like someone I couldn't recognize. Or maybe that was how he was before he warmed up to me.
"I'll come pick you up, say—8 p.m.?" Lamar dropped me off at the gate, not ready to come inside.
"Sure, thank you!" I gave him a gentle hug before taking a deep breath and walking into the mansion. Now that Charlotte was going to marry Maximus, I could only imagine her attitude had gotten worse.
Holding my side bag's strap tightly, I stepped into the mansion to find Emmet leaning against the wall, waiting for me.
Thankfully, he was very alert to everything around him. He knew that since he had asked me to come, he needed to be at the door to make sure nobody else spotted me before him.
