"The dining, a few blocks from your apartment. Now!" were the stern words I heard before the call was disconnected. Already knowing why I was being summoned, I tried coming up with a tall tale I was going to give as an excuse but came up blank.
I mean, it was Stephanie. If you were going to give her a fictitious story, one had to earnestly think it over. At least make it good, or she would dissect it with her razor eyes and bleed the truth out.
It was past noon, meaning everyone else was in the manor, probably buried deep into a temporarily unconscious state. Not wanting to disrupt anybody's sleep, I decided to step into the quiet hallway, making quick light steps past Sebastian's door without rapping on it.
In the foyer, I reached for an oversized coat on the hatstand when I noticed Da
