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”

was supposedly one of her employers. “Just a bastard child, that one, but oh-so-many troubles! I 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

Funeral?!

face paled. Had Brendan not said he was

me come inside to see him!

since all she noticed was Deirdre’s grotesque face suddenly zooming in on her. Startled and taken aback, she cussed. “What

let you prowl in the

the

about to enter when she felt a force striking her right on the chest. The hit knocked her out, and she ended up

not done yet. “You want in, do you? Do you?! Who do you think you are, ya lil’ freakshow ?! An

go! I’m begging you, let

was the sight that greeted

had pinpointed where she was through the GPS… only to find her like this. A woman devoid of any dignity or

someone by throwing herself around

the

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

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