Chapter 49 *

Vesper's POV

Halfway up the mountain, inside the massive villa.

I sat on the living room sofa. Aunt Beatrice had already recovered from the earlier shock. She'd made me a cup of hot milk in the kitchen and carefully placed it in front of me.

At that moment, Uncle Roderick had just finished his phone call and returned to the living room.

I knew perfectly well what he'd been doing—arranging for som