ed under a crystal chandelier so large it made
of the grand staircase with the expression of someone who had been told
lf. She gave Abigail's clothes a slow,
om squeaking on the marble. Her calves burned. She felt like an
etely sterile. No pictures. No books. No trace that anyone had ever existed ins
lock," the housekeeper said, and pulle
od alone in
d against the cool glass. Below, a perfectly trimmed hedge divided the Richmond property fro
he hea
like someone dragging a bow across the strings with both hands and all o
d the window
a loose white button-down shirt. Dark hair. Disheveled. He was playing the violin the way
in musical form.
d across the la
hing up at the balcony. His face was red, his composure shattered. He looked
, deliberate smirk spread across his face - the kind t
n on a wicker chair l
ass pitcher of ice wate
and flew to
crashed down from the second floor in a per
muffled into silence. The boy just laughed - open, manic, completely un
against the cold windowpane befo
laughter
ke a predator catching a scent. His eyes locked directly o
. She was two estates away,
gaze did
a way that felt less like a w
A small porcelain figurine tipped over and hit the carpet with a dull
window and peeked th
till on the lawn below, aggressiv
p knocks h
flat voice called. "It is
the empty balcony
that boy was, he had already filed her away
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