"You... you really are going to help me?" Mara looked at Vivienne, her eyes wide with disbelief. Vivienne nodded, "Yes."
"But you... you..." Mara stuttered, at a loss for words.
Even Cecilia hadn't expected Vivienne to consent. "Vivienne, you're really willing to help Mara?"
Vivienne affirmed. "Sure, but I have my conditions. I'm the Specter Healer; I don't work for free."
Mara knew it. Vivienne wasn't the type to offer help out of the goodness of her heart.
"I understand, but I'm broke right now. Can I write you an IOU and pay you back once I have the money?" Mara pleaded.
Vivienne smiled, her red lips lifting in a beguiling curve. "That's not what I'm asking for."
A shiver ran down Mara's spine as she locked eyes with Vivienne's smile. She felt like she had just fallen into a bottomless pit - a trap that could spell her doom! Leaving the hospital, Percival drove Isolde back home.
Isolde took every chance to stick close to Vivienne. "Vivienne, what was the deal you made with Mara back there?"
Vivienne scooped Isolde into her arms, meticulously parting her hair to craft a sweet hairstyle for the youngster.
"Little ones shouldn't pry."
Isolde sat still, leaning against Vivienne, her tiny shoulders pressed against her chest.
After a while, Isolde murmured, "Vivienne, you're really busty, you know."
Percival nearly choked on his own spit.
Unfazed, Vivienne continued her task while Percival's face turned a shade that would've given any artist's palette a run for its money.
"Kids shouldn't talk about such things," Percival cleared his throat.
Isolde scoffed. "Percival, why so prudish? I'm just saying she's got a great figure. It's just a fact."
on the brakes and parked by the
and you're going to boarding
under
Isolde was dropped off at home, where her father, Nathan, was waiting
"Percival, don't tell me you never noticed how great Vivienne's figure is?"
Nathan's arms, urging her
bemused by his son's anger and his daughter's smugness, totally clueless about
laughter any longer and burst into giggles in the
even
had never imagined
his tie and stepped out of the car,
the car, things
soup Aurelia had made for Vivienne, unsure
maybe you two could
roof. Without pausing to rub it, he scrambled out of the
to appear calm as
to Percival with a meaningful look. "The soup's freshly made. Don't rush; it can wait a
entendre was not lost
the house, leaving
was no going back to
Mansion, Karen
Karen felt his pulse,
head vigorously. "No, no, of course not. You saw me
"Three forty-five AM. That's about when you actually went to sleep. Caught up in
at the accuracy of
of an upset stomach and
pointing to the pastries. "You just had
caught Jasper cajoling Karen, with Maddox
old man?"
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