The three of them remained in Eva's office until the commotion outside had died down.
Eva sat with Ann on the sofa as the guard stood by the door, leaning against the wall nonchalantly with his arms folded in front of him.
The atmosphere was gloomy, to say the least, and the tension was palpable.
The hushed tones of Narcissa seemed to waft past the doorway, accompanied by muffled sobs and words of reassurance from unfamiliar voices.
Ann assumed that this was the paramedics taking her to the hospital in order to run the necessary checks on Ada and her baby.
Ann suddenly snorted to herself. It was all so preposterous. They would find nothing. Both Ada and her baby would be completely unharmed, but that wouldn't mean that Ann was vilified.
On the contrary, it would be a hu
