Chapter 0588

Nicholas POV

I retumed to the living room where Veronica and Julian were helping Elva color. Jessica had already excused herself and gone to bed. Both Veronica and Julian looked up at me and their eyes went wide.

"What happened?" Julian asked.

I wanted to tell him but not in front of Elva.

Instead, I turned to Veronica. "Piper is just cleaning up in the kitchen. Please stay here until she comes out to you. Do you mind watching Elva?"

"I can do that," Veronica said.

"And me?" Julian asked.

I finally looked at him. I hoped he would be able to tell a lot from my flat gaze and my words," I'm going to speak with Bridget."

Julian said and hopped to

what I had

you," Julian

toward the stairs. Along the way, I briefly filled Julian in on the altercation between Bridget and

uttered a new curse word. By the time we

front of Bridget's room, we knocked. She must have been expecting us - or at least, me. She opened the door right away. Her face was bright when she looked at me.

into the room

and I stood near the dresser, carefully avoiding the mess of clothes spilling out of her

Bridget asked. She continued to smile dully,

games. It was past time to cut down to the core of

disappears from Bridget's face in a blink of the eye. Good. Maybe she

to you, then," she said. "I

the hell did she mean by

happened in the kitchen," Nicholas said. "What

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