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."

said and hopped to

I had meant to

you," Julian said, just

of Elva's head. She barely noticed, so entranced with her coloring. Then, with Julian in tow, we started toward the stairs. Along the way, I briefly filled Julian in on the altercation between Bridget and Julian that had happened in the

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

She opened the door right away. Her face was bright when she

word, she backed into the room and let us

carefully avoiding the mess of clothes spilling out of her nearby suitcase. Bridget stood

asked. She continued to smile dully,

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

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

she said. "I knew she

to me? What the hell did she mean

what happened in the kitchen," Nicholas said. "What you

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