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

He understood what I had

with you," Julian said, just

her coloring. Then, with Julian in tow, we started toward the stairs. Along the way, I briefly

uttered a new curse word. By the time we reached the top stair, he had

opened the door right away.

a word, she backed into the room and

the mess of clothes spilling out of her nearby suitcase. Bridget stood nearer the door with her back to it.

She continued to smile dully, a look of fake

It was

bland confusion disappears from Bridget's face in a blink of the eye. Good. Maybe she would stop trying to bullshit

to you, then," she said. "I knew

the hell did

in the kitchen," Nicholas said.

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