Close to an hour later, James stepped out of the room, looking quite exhausted.

Nothing had worked to the effect that he was hoping for, in spite of him having doled out every trick in the book that he knew of just to coax some manner of response from Estella.

“How did it go?” Lucian inquired anxiously.

James shook his head. “Essie has completely shut herself in. She has refused to communicate with anyone and is resistant even to me. My guess is that she must have been triggered by something. The only way to resolve this is by identifying the source of her trauma.”

Lucian’s expression dimmed when he heard that.

Seemingly unaware of the change in his friend’s mood, James continued to ask of the latter in earnest, “Has Essie encountered any situation recently that might have brought about this change in her emotional state?”

Memories of the kid breaking her silence because of Roxanne came flowing back to Lucian. The answer thus became obvious to him.

After a moment’s pause, Lucian recounted the events that transpired earlier that morning.

about such a sharp fluctuation in Estella’s emotions. “Perhaps this woman may be the key. Essie’s condition may

woman to come

caused Lucian’s brows to bunch up in frustration. “Got it. I’ll try to

James nodded.

completely in the dark

to her, she had been

not seem feigned, but she had logical cause to believe that Lucian must be

the way home, Roxanne’s mood had been in the doldrums but driven by

out. When they saw her enter, they approached docilely. “Are you done with

meeting with Estella.

The children

on the head gave Roxanne a greater

sight of the drama between the trio that was playing out in front of her pained Madilyn, who had become increasingly unhappy

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