Chapter 26 You Liar!

The call was connected. Brendan gnashed his teeth as he said, “Where the hell are you, McKinnon?!”

Deirdre said nothing. At the end of her silence came a click

-and the call was hung up.

She stuck the phone back into her pocket, feeling disappointed. That had not been Sterling, as she had hoped. How was he? Was he okay? She had no idea how he was.

The only silver lining right now was how well-known the Fuller family really was in the city. Even a run-of-the mill cab driver knew exactly where to take Deirdre when she asked him to take her to their house.

She paid the driver, who told her where the doorbell was, and pressed it. There was a series of quick footsteps, accompanied by a voice thick with annoyance . “Which nutcase is it this time? It’s like they all think they can just ring whenever they feel like it!”

“I’m sorry,” Deirdre huffed, feeling anxious . “I… I just

wanted… to know where Sterling is? He’s not picking up his phone”

guess being the bastard child of a big wealthy family still counts for something ’cause he still needs to be taken care of… He’s probably in some mortuary or something. Maybe you should come back to

Funeral?!

Brendan not said

at the iron gate, animated by her fear and alarm. “Please! Please let me come inside to see him! Brendan – Mr. Brighthall -promised me that everything would

zooming in on her. Startled and taken aback, she cussed. “What the f*ck! Oh

prowl in the

the gate

her right on the chest. The hit knocked her out,

maid was not done yet. “You want in, do you? Do you?! Who do you think you are, ya lil’ freakshow ?! An ugly, blind a*s who’s also somehow super-entitled! God, why am I the one who has to

could leave, though, Deirdre gritted her teeth through her pain and threw her hands around the maid’s leg. “Don’t go! I’m begging you, let me in!

the sight that greeted

GPS… only to find her like this. A woman devoid of any

someone by throwing herself around their leg-all so

was the one who should be protected-not the other

his right-his right alone! How could a lowly bastard like Sterling take

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