Chapter Fifteen
Fate turns on trifles.
I was going into the bathroom to put freshly laundered towels away when I saw Sin standing in front of the sink about to take a pill. I didn’t expect to find her in there, so I didn’t knock or announce myself. It was the one place where I usually allowed her privacy. I would have thought nothing of the incident, if she hadn’t acted hastily to drop the pill back into the bottle, palm the bottle, and retreat.
I put my back to the door, holding the towels in front of me to block her.
“What are you taking?”
She flushed. Redheads can’t keep secrets.
“Just some antibiotics, Mistress. I had a bladder infection. It’s kind of embarrassing. I didn’t want you thinking I had a STD or something.” Her answer was too glib, her delivery too swift.
“All right,
