Chapter 26. A Strange Call

I spent the whole day at Harper’s and stayed out an extra hour blowing bubbles when I got home.

My new home felt strange, looming heavy.

It felt more appropriate somewhere in Europe than on US soil, and I was hesitant to go in.

If this were a normal marriage, I would have suggested we buy a neutral house to make our matrimonial home, rather than live in this one; his parents and Grandparents probably lived in one too.

I finally dusted down the skirt of my pink dress and walked inside.

No one greeted me at the door, and after the front door closed with a merry sound, silence echoed.

Was no one home then?

I suspected the maids were still keeping away after Dean’s outburst earlier.

There was something unsettling in the air, something I couldn’t name, but it made even the echo of my shoes on the wooden floor sound chilling.

I hurried up the stairs to the master's bedroom and pushed the door open.

I froze.

Sitting in the c