I close the file and consider Jimmy. “Fine. Let’s suppose for one minute that you’re right. Why? Why would he do that?”
Jimmy shrugs. “I haven’t figured that out yet. But get this. Jason Marrock returned to the palace the next day and had a private meeting with your father. And I heard that the king might have left the palace grounds the day Mary returned. Just something I heard from the guards at the time. I never paid much attention to it, but now I wonder.”
My head is beginning to spin. “You’re telling me there was a whole conspiracy going on right under my nose, and I had no clue?”
“You had a lot on your plate, Darian,” Jimmy replies, his voice serious. “And so did I. But if anyone knows the full truth, it has to be Lucius.”
“Yes, because Lucius is going to be so forthcoming with F
