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.

she was very affectionate and gentle. She even gave me a massage. I didn't even realize

when I woke up in the morning. That's when I saw this letter by the bed," he recalled

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

to wipe the tears away before attempting to hold

It didn't help.

much time with Rachel, they'd

still couldn't accept what had happened. He'd already experienced the pain of losing Rachel once. He didn't want

Rachel meet anyone before she left?"

know of as I had been busy at work the

if something just occurred to him. "I

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

When I got there, she said she would introduce a girl to me, despite

I didn't have

reason with them, and that's when I mentioned leaving