Chapter 20 - FranzVivian was surprised her son didn’t greet her when she got home. She went to the boy’s room thinking that maybe he was there playing with his father and was so entertained that he hadn’t heard her come in. She didn’t notice that Sultan had also not greeted her with his usual bark.
Silence. She opened the door to find the room just as neat as it was this morning when they left the house.
She retraced her steps and went to the kitchen. There was the last piece of lemon cake on the countertop. That was the extra piece that Alexis had left to eat with dinner.
“Franz! Franz!” she called out authoritatively. He came as soon as he heard Vivian’s commanding voice.
“Ma’am?” he asked in his usual neutral tone.
“Has my husband been here? Did he tell you where he went? Do you kn
