The ticking of the wall clock in my office had become more noticeable than usual. I wasn’t even reading the blizzard of documents before me anymore. I just sat there, not moving, while my fingers rested on my desk as my mind spiraled.
Everyone thought I was losing it. Williams hadn’t said it, but he looked at me like I was cracked glass about to shatter.
Daddy didn’t even try to hide it anymore. He wanted me to see a psychiatrist. Even Emily smirked every time I raised a concern, as if I was the family’s mad woman.
Maybe they were right.
Or maybe… they were blind, blind to see that Emily had got something up her sleeves.
A knock pulled me out of the thoughts and I sat up quickly.
“Come in.”
Claire entered with her usual soft steps, her neat ponytail bouncing behind her. But she wasn
