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."

shit," Julian said and hopped to

understood what I had meant to

Julian

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 happened in the

the time we reached the top stair, he had

front of Bridget's room, we knocked. She must have been expecting us - or at least, me. She opened the door right away. Her face was bright when she looked at me. Seeing Julian behind my shoulder though, that

backed into the room and

stood near the dresser, carefully avoiding the mess of clothes spilling out of her nearby suitcase. Bridget stood nearer

this about?" Bridget asked. She continued to smile dully, a look of fake confusion

all her games. It

look of bland confusion disappears from Bridget's face in a blink of the eye. Good. Maybe she would stop trying to bullshit us and give us the truth for

you, then," she said. "I knew she

What the hell did she

happened in the kitchen," Nicholas

quickly believed her?" Bridget's face suddenly twisted into upset. God, she could do that so quickly, no wonder she had won so many

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