Chapter 113

I turn to look at him, he doesn't look at me. Cecilia stares at him, her mouth could be hanging open but it is not. He doesn't spare her a glance either. His face is set in a resolute grimace.

"I want no part in all that." He adds tightly.

"Why, if I may ask?" Cecilia's enthusiastic voice is undampened. Her plastic smile is still on her face.

"What do you mean why?" Linc sits up. He looks properly agitated now. Angry. The dark veil he has kept tamped down since Cecilia walked in has lifted. Linc is boiling mad underneath it. I wonder how I missed it. And I also wonder why he is so angry. I can't seem to come up with a reason quick enough.

"I don't know. You just seemed ready to refuse. Without giving it a fair thought." Cecilia actually pulls out her upper lip in a pout. I can't believe the woman but I don't blame her.

"You realise Kathryn and I were separated at the time of her unfortunate demise? What am I saying. I know you knew. You and the girls." There i