house she decided not to disturb anyone who might be inside the living room, so Emily walked to the back of the house and used the back entrance for the servants instead. Her arrival inside m

heir stares and decided to rush

put on her robe, and brought a towel with her. Reaching the bathroom, she turned on the faucet and set it to warm, and there she waited, reflecting on her day out of the house, and immediately she thought of inquirin

fully she still had her address book as well as the phone numbers of the people she had become friends with along the way. Gus Knigh

las reminded her of the one man she fell in love with for the first time; Daniel Chapman, many years ago. That burst of adventure she had experienced today was exactly what she felt whenever she was around Daniel during their school days at university. Emily thought Nicholas was a far cry from Daniel, who was literally the boy living next door and had all the good qualities though he was not considered popular by any means at school. Nicholas had an air of mischief about him, a danger, and he would likely land her in trouble in ways Daniel would not.

herself in her bathrobe and wrapped her wet hair, w

r bedside drawer to pick out her address book. She turned off the lights and

h the latter having been shaken from

said the elderly woman

s sincere as she was Camille did not feel

servant's quarters," Camil

aid though knowing t

around to see her tip-toeing. Emily opened her address book, and searched for Augustine Knight's name, wondering if the number she wa

ring

d she thought of put

ring

he other side of the p

aking, what may

ke sure that it was really

Is this r

d added. "Listen, I haven't any mone

ago I can do this job for f

her mind raced and immediately said, "I'd li

description?"

ric blue eyes and black hair streaked with grey," Emily

got there, Em," said Knight who chu

r voice down for no one to hear even though ther

d on from Chapman.

imer House, 777 Trinity

up in the Val

n the phone for

wa-

one just as Jones one o

down here." He said, st

seeing you d

address book and close it, hurrying b

she did plan to make smaller inquiries among the servants of Mortimer House and she had Cecille to ask first since she was th

im as ever in their all-black clothing as though someone

e had a piece of everything. When the Mortimers noticed

said as an excuse for her appeti

tely, Emily looked at her not with contempt but was struck that her employer would know of her

Mr. Mortimer asked, there was

he di

mers could hear it, she had put the children first above her own feelings at the

d not rush upstairs to her room. Instead, Emily chose to go to the

presence whenever she was around them, never that 'good people' atmosphere Nicholas was telling her

she thought. Emily came rushing to her side on tiptoe so as not to break th

derly woman. "I'd like to speak

ow that it was Camille who answered the door when Nicholas came to inquire about her. It also would not surprise her if she had told the

as coming. Soon there would be rumors swirling around about her visit to Hawthorne Heights with Nicholas introducing her to old Mr. Hawthorne...or not. Emily could imagine th

o me? She asked herself as sh

o me about?" asked a voice fr

arted, rising from the couch, and straightening the creases of

harply. "Arrogant, and pompous is all I'l

h and lamented on what had just happened, now she was sure that Nicholas was not who she thought he was. He was no friend, and from Cecille's assessment, he was a fiend. Why d

get to the truth of the matter about Nicholas Sutcliffe and see if he really is the monster Cecille claimed to be. Emily needed verification of his person, and she was not j

hile that was frozen, for now, she was glad that she did not show herself to him despite shar

nse soon, she thought,