Chloe
Can you fulfil a request of mine? Please keep that letter away from your brother. The contents might be too much for him to bear. I have already caused him enough pain; I don't think he can take on more.”
Could it be all an act to buy my sympathy? I ignored the folded piece of paper and switched off my ignition quickly. I ran inside the house with my heart amiss.
Immediately, a maid answered the door. I ran like my life depended on it to Galen's makeshift room. He had to stay downstairs for a while so he wouldn't have to walk down the stairs. We were building a temporary elevator because he wanted to go back soon.
I pushed the door open, anxious, only to be met with an empty room. I sighed, disappointed. I turned to the maid, who was following me.
“Where is Galen?” I asked.
She
