Chapter 0588

Nicholas POV

I retumed to the living room where Veronica and Julian were helping Elva color. Jessica had already excused herself and gone to bed. Both Veronica and Julian looked up at me and their eyes went wide.

"What happened?" Julian asked.

I wanted to tell him but not in front of Elva.

Instead, I turned to Veronica. "Piper is just cleaning up in the kitchen. Please stay here until she comes out to you. Do you mind watching Elva?"

"I can do that," Veronica said.

"And me?" Julian asked.

I finally looked at him. I hoped he would be able to tell a lot from my flat gaze and my words," I'm going to speak with Bridget."

Julian said and hopped to his

understood what I had

Julian

kissed the top of Elva's head. She barely noticed, so entranced with her coloring. Then, with Julian in tow, we started toward the stairs. Along the way, I briefly filled Julian in on the altercation between Bridget and Julian that had

the time

door right away. Her face was bright when she looked at me. Seeing Julian behind my shoulder though, that brightness dimmed

she backed into the room and let us

clothes spilling out of her nearby suitcase. Bridget stood nearer the door with

continued to smile dully, a look of

of all her games. It was past

of bland confusion disappears from Bridget's face in a blink of the eye. Good. Maybe she would stop trying to bullshit

to you, then," she said.

What the hell did she

happened in the kitchen," Nicholas

so quickly, no wonder she had won so many acting awards. She shifted her entire

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