Sylvie unlocked her phone and opened the message.
It was from Dahlia.
-I’ll be back in the city tomorrow. I’m definitely coming to see you.
Sylvie smiled before she even realized she was smiling. She typed back.
-I’ll be waiting. You better not cancel.
She sent it, then stared at the screen for a few seconds longer than necessary, as if expecting another message to appear immediately. When nothing did, she locked the phone and let it fall beside her on the bed.
The room was quiet, with just the normal stillness of night settling into the mansion and the distant footsteps of staff finishing up for the day.
She lay back for a moment, staring at the ceiling, her thoughts drifting without direction. The events of the past few days felt strange now, like something that had happened to an
