Chapter 217: The Dark Images

Edrick

I hated to leave Moana behind, but I missed too much at work while she was in the hospital. Now that she was safely at home, I only needed to go to the office for a couple of hours to deal with some meetings.

Unfortunately, those couple of hours quickly turned into a full day of work. By the time I headed home, it was already starting to get dark out. All I could think about was getting home to Moana and my daughter and spending the rest of the evening with them.

However, when I got home things seemed incredibly… off.

The penthouse was dark and quiet when I arrived. It wasn’t that late, which was a bit confusing. But as I started to make my way through the penthouse and found Selina sitting in the kitchen by herself with only a lamp illuminating the room, I quickly realized why everything felt so strange.

she was crying silently. She stopped when she heard me coming, but I knew that she was crying. No matter how quickly she tried to

her hands on her apron. “Sit down.

known her, and yet since she met

I asked suddenly, unable to contain my

as she clicked on the burner on the stove and spread butter on some bread to start making a grilled cheese. “What are you talking about?” she said. It was clear that she was hiding something, judging by the look on her

it is, Selina,” I said.

top before wiping her hands on her apron once more.

oddly familiar to me for some strange reason, but the pressure of the lines and the way that the drawing seemed so chaotic indicated that it was not drawn while Moana was in a normal mental state. What especially gave that away was the fact that it was drawn over the picture that Moana drew of Ella and I on the ferris

was surrounded by dozens of similar pictures. I found her like that, and I believe her… But I think she needs help, Edrick. Serious help. Help that we might not be able

looked up at the old housekeeper with my eyes narrowed. “What are you trying to say?”

my anger, sighed again. “I don’t know. Maybe she should be in an institution for a

that I send the mother of my child away to a psychiatric facility?” I said, standing suddenly as I gripped the paper tightly in my

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