Page 229 of The Defiant Curse

Then, right after it, the reply came back.

‘Absolutely not, Lass. I haven’t seen or talked to her since the time we asked her to look around the castle. Do you need me? I can come get her out of there for Elizabeth.’

Now, Elizabeth was pretty sure this wasn’t a setup by anyone she trusted.

There was no doubt this call came from outside the house, so to speak.

For now, Elizabeth saw all she needed to see.

Did she believe her?

Well, no.

The woman could have recognized her and did a little internet research to find out her mother’s name. It wasn’t like the media hadn’t put it all over the place.

“Come in,” she said. “We can have a seat in the library to talk,” she offered.

That surprised everyone there, especially Ethan. The last thing he expected was for Elizabeth to listen to this woman. After the last case, where her mother and father were dug up by Devon Slater, she wasn’t entertained by anything involving them.

So, this would be interesting.

And hopefully, it didn’t get punchy.

At the invite, the woman took off her coat and took the coffee right from Michael’s hand to drink.

That appalled him.

“Hey!” he said, slightly amused, but still wary. “Boundaries aren’t your thing, are they?” he asked.

She sipped the coffee.

“God! I hate this stuff, but I’m so tired from the spirit being up my arse.”

Well, okay.

Still…

Boundaries.

As they headed to the library, Sarah looked around the place, checking it out.

“You’ve completed so much more since I was here last,” she offered. “It’s beautiful. People are going to love booking their functions here.”

Graham lifted a brow.

Yeah, they’d not said a word about that and didn’t plan on advertising until after Ian and Gryphen’s wedding. At Christmas, they were going to begin hosting functions there.

“Uh, who said we were doing that?” he asked, not sure where she heard such a rumor, since very few people were aware.

Oh, it wasn’t like she was wrong, but still…

Did they tell people yet?

No.

There was a reason for that.

As of now, the castle wasn’t finished, and with this place, you never knew when something was going to go sideways.