A Blissful Night with My Step-Father
she whispered.
A slight draft tickled her fingers as, on pressing a hidden lever, a small hidden compartment opened in the wall. Inside was a thick, dust-covered ledger.
Annabella reached forward carefully, lifting it out from where it had laid. The leather cover was cracked; pages inside yellowed, even frail.
"Careful," Ginny whispered.
Annabella nodded, delicately working her way to where they needed to get in this book: handwritten notes and plans-signatures. And among these, the most striking was that very same name scrawled at the margin,