My Forbidden Brother
I was buffing the last spot on the mahogany when I heard the soft, hesitant scuff of feet on the floorboards.
I turned.
Olivia was standing in the doorway. She was wrapped in one of my oversized white dress shirts, the hem hitting her mid-thigh. Her hair was a wild, dark tangle, and her eyes were wide, blinking against the morning light. She looked small, fragile, and utterly haunted by the memories of the rooms I had just finished cleaning.
"Adrian?" she whispered, her voice a cracked, tiny thing. "I heard voices. Is... is someone here?"