Thomas nodded his head our foreheads pressed together, our faces moving together “We stay together, always and forever” he repeated.
It took a few days to work out the logistics, but we finally had a meeting day, place, and time. My father decided that, even though it was a risky move, he was going to somehow get Gloriana to drink the Sleep water and then slip her a Sleep pill as well.
She had known that she was drugged when she woke up in the morning, but he decided to load the cooler drawer in the kitchen with Sleep water after she passed out, and then tell her that someone must have made a mistake when stocking the house.
Damian, our chef, might get blamed, or one of the cleaning women Gloriana employed, but it was necessary. Gloriana had always kept very close tabs on my father’s lo
