~HUNTER~
The Reid family estate overlooked ahead as my car rolled up the long, tree-lined driveway. Gray clouds gathered above the mansion where I'd grown up, matching my mood perfectly.
I hadn't planned on coming here today, but my mother's urgent call about feeling unwell had left me little choice.
Baron had raised an eyebrow when I had announced my sudden departure.
"Should I inform Mrs Sally you'll be gone for dinner, sir?" he'd asked, his expression carefully neutral.
I'd hesitated. "Yes. Tell her not to wait up."
Now, as the car came to a stop in front of the imposing stone steps, I couldn't shake the feeling I was walking into something I wouldn't like.
Mother's "illnesses" had a convenient way of appearing whenever she wanted something.
Chambers, the family butler who'd b
