Cynthia’s POV
I immediately rushed over to where Lady Addison was standing.
“Something is wrong,” I said as soon as I was close enough to her. Lady Addison had been talking to a small group of the other girls, so when she turned to face me, she did so with a friendly smile on her face, clearly not noticing how frantic I was.
“Lady Cynthia, what do you mean?” She asked in a calm tone.
“Charlie’s carriage isn’t here yet, and I have a bad feeling something happened to her and to the other girls,” I said to her.
“Calm down,” Lady Addison said as she put her hand on my shoulder. It was a gesture meant to comfort me, but because I was already highly strung, it somehow made me mad. Lady Addison knew I was never one to overreact. She had been the one to teach me how to keep my feelings in ch
