Chapter 82. The Need to Know

Astrid

“I have to talk to Gamel.”

Samantha paused mid tightening the strings on my corset. “But why Milady?”

“I just feel like he knows something,” I replied as she drew the strings back once more and then knotted them together.

“Thank you,” I murmured, turning around to face her.

“You are welcome milady.”

I ran a hand down my front and gave her a small smile. “If my husband asks, tell him you don't know where I went,” I gently instructed before heading towards the door.

“But what if Gamel doesn't know anything?” Samantha asked, trailing after me.

I placed a hand on the knob and pulled the door open, “I think he knows something.”

“W…what if he doesn't agree to tell you anything then?”

“He will,” I answered with fake confidence before exiting the room.

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As I made my way through the garden, then past it and towards the physician's cottage, I just couldn't shake away the dreary