Just then, the doctor came out and told her Cedric’s wounds weren’t serious. Even so, her heart still wouldn’t settle. After giving Cedric only a brief glance, she found herself wanting to go look for me.
But Cedric clung to her with excuse after excuse, keeping her from leaving and not even letting her answer calls.
By the fourth day, when Lavinia could no longer fight the panic pressing in her chest and finally tried to step outside, several police officers appeared before her.
“You must be Cedric!”
“You’re guilty of two serious crimes, fraud and murder. You pretended to be mentally ill and used a knife to kill two people.”
“The victims were a mother and son, Odette and her son Phineas.”
