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Ch. 35 - HIS SCAPEGOAT

Author: Aurora
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LINDEN

The phone rang for the second time before I picked it. Without looking at the caller, I answered. “Who is it?”

“It's Maria, sir.”

All my senses came alive when I heard that. “What is it?”

The maid’s voice cracked through the speakerphone, hushed, anxious. “Andrea has been warm since morning. She wouldn’t eat. She was sent home because she slept through her class hours.”

I pressed two fingers to the bridge of my nose. The wine I got from the estate and took this morning still clung to the back of my throat, bitter now.

“Is Willow there?”

“Yes, sir. She’s with her now.”

“Good. Tell her to take Andrea to the hospital. No herbal teas and no paracetamol. Have her text me the moment the doctor checks in. Is that taken?”

A faint “Yes, sir,” and the line ended.

I stood there in the silence of the suite, my phone was loose in my hand. I went to the window and stood there, thoughts playing in my mind.

I should talk to her. I meant Andrea.

I haven't spoken to her s
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