CHAPTER 12

Bella arrived at her small apartment on the other side of town and took the rickety stairs two at a time. It continued to squeak under her feet, but Bella wasn’t concerned about it giving way under her weight. Her thoughts were simply on her brother so she hasten her steps. While in the taxi, she had tried his phone multiple times and he was yet to take any of her calls. They had all gone to voicemail and she was so worried.

She hadn’t seen her brother for two days and she feared that the worst had happened.

“James, please be okay.” She begged as she approached her apartment door.

As soon as she arrived at the door, she pushed her key in and flung the door open. The room was so small that the moment she got in, she was hit with a weird sense of claustrophobia. Heck, she had lived here for a long time and it was only taking two days at Arthur’s mansion for her to feel just how small her space was.

“James?” She called out as she entered the small cubicle, they called a room.

It was