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."

said and hopped to

I had

with you," Julian

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

By the

at least, me. She opened the door right away. Her face was bright when she looked at me. Seeing Julian behind

word, she backed into the room and let

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

to smile dully, a

said. I was tired of all her games. It was

blink of the eye. Good. Maybe she would stop trying to

to you, then," she said. "I

the hell did

in the kitchen," Nicholas said. "What

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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