Chapter 36: Two Truths and a Lie

Waverly's chest instantaneously felt like a ton of bricks had landed on top of it. Matteus—was it who he was talking to on the phone the other night? Why would he need to go talk to someone who threatened to steal their land right out from underneath them and start a war in order to do so? She didn't want to believe it—not only for her own sanity, but for the sake of Sawyer's. If this got out to him, she had no idea what he would do. No, she needed to tread very carefully with this and make sure she knew exactly what was going on before she told him.

Suddenly, Waverly heard the front door of the house shut and the voices from the entry carried down the hallway through the small crack she had left in the door. She slammed the notebook closed and took one last look around the room to ensure that everything was how she had found it prior to rushing to the door and leaving the room, promptly. She walked down the hall and could hear Sawyer and Christopher laughing in the entry at somethin