Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

Sebastian Brenand was now sporting a messy, untrimmed beard, appearing exhausted.

He handed his letter over to Xyla Quest the moment he walked in. "Here, what did you want to tell me?"

With that, he promptly reached for a chair, placing it next to Xyla and Stanley Batton's bed before sinking down on it.

Xyla stayed in bed and directly opened Rachel Wood's letter, noticing a dried tear mark in the center of a red flower at the bottom right of the paper.

It was indicative of how heartbroken Rachel had been as she wrote this letter.

However, the mark was faint, so no one would notice it with a single glance.

Frowning deeply, she peered at Sebastian. "Before Rachel left, did anything happen between the two of you? Or did Rachel show any odd behavior?"

Sebastian shook his head. "No, everything was fine between us. We went shopping after leaving your place the other day, and then she asked me to take her out to a fancy place for dinner.

gave me a massage. I didn't even realize when I'd fallen

in the morning. That's when I

that Rachel usually doesn't behave like this. I thought she was being spontaneous, but now that I've considered it through, she was probably preparing to leave. That's why she wanted to

the tears away before attempting to hold

It didn't help.

time with Rachel, they'd practically become

He'd already experienced the pain of losing Rachel once. He didn't want to

anyone before she left?"

that I know of as I had been busy at work the day before yesterday. How

something just occurred to him. "I know! It must

and Stanley had already suspected this was the case all along. Neither of them showed

to return home. When I got there, she said she would

Rachel. I didn't

them, and that's when I mentioned leaving that house