Daphne's POV
I squinted my eyes against the glare of the screen from my phone. I blinked back a few times to keep the tears at bay, but they just wouldn't stay put. They wanted to stream out and I knew the cause of it.
I checked the top left corner of my phone and glanced at the time; it was twelve forty-five pm. I'd been on my phone since I woke up in the early hours of the day. If I could calculate correctly, I'd have been on the phone for close to four hours now, if it hadn't exceeded that time yet.
I glanced at my lower body and found my nightgown twisted and rumpled in the most unnatural places. I looked closer and found my bonnet almost close to the foot of my bed.
How in the world did that get there? I didn't even remember…
The sound of my door bursting open cut through my th
