Chapter 14
“Do you think it was Mikhail?” Emma asked, her hand resting on Rohan’s thigh as they huddled together on the long seat. The Intercity 125 train hurtled towards St Pancreas Station at breakneck speed. Emma’s overnight bag nestled at her feet, the hastily chosen green gown squashed into it.
Rohan raised blonde eyebrows. “Do we have a time frame?” he asked, his face close to Emma’s like a co-conspirator.
She sighed. “It doesn’t make sense. Allaine said the man paid Will weeks before any of that started. Your Uncle Mikhail would’ve been in England but the first time he came to the house was the night Christopher brought him to talk to you. Remember? He seemed surprised to find you in a manor house and said so. He knew nothing about me or us or where you lived. If he paid Will wee
