Chapter 145. Keeping Secrets

Erica’s POV

Nurse Anabelle looks between Chris and me with a confused look on her face. “What does the child of light mean?” She asks innocently.

“It is not anything you need to repeat,” Chris snaps at her.

He pulls a lighter out of his pocket and lights the papers in hand on fire before tossing them into the fireplace. I know exactly what he is doing. He is destroying the evidence that Raven isn’t my child.

“How many people know about this test?” He asks Anabelle.

Anabelle shrinks down on the couch and refuses to meet his gaze.

“I asked you a question,” Chris snarls at her.

I watch as Anabelle swallows hard before her eyes flutter up to meet Chris’s. “I didn’t tell anyone else about it,” she stutters in fear. “I swear it. Please don’t kill me because I know the truth. I have a family.”

Chris laughs loudly. “If you keep this secret then I won’t have any reason to kill you. Make sure all of the evidence and samples at the hospita