When Amber saw William and Vivian coming out of Vivian's room, she understood why Lucy hadn’t been acting like her regular self. Elizabeth, who had been sitting at the table at the time, also saw them and, as soon as they stepped down onto the landing, she said, “What are you two doing? I can see that the two of you spent the night together. I could hear Lucy crying in the night. I suppose that I now know why!”
“What about Lucy?” William snapped. “Call her down. I am willing to accept my share of the blame, but Lucy must take her share. She practically kicked me out of our room last night. In anger, I went to Vivian, but I slept on the couch. We didn’t have s*x. Where’s Lucy. Somebody get Lucy. She should be here as well!”
Suddenly Amber remembered when she’d last seen Lucy. “Lucy was aw
