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I ran to my grandfather. He grabbed me and told me I couldn't tell anyone about this. "You must forget this. Your parents were not killed. They were sick and died of illness."
"You're lying. You lied to me."
I'd always known he'd lied to me, but I'd been too terrified to say anything.
That was it.
We never talked about it again.
I burst out of my hiding spot and started running.
I clawed at the door. "Let me out."
"Wren." I vaguely recognized Fiona's stringent voice. "It's okay. I'll help you. Please, sit down again."
"No! I'm never going back."
"You can't leave like this. You're not fully alert." She held my arms, but I struggled to break free.
"Let me go!" I fumbled to find the doorknob.
"Please sit down, and we'll talk about it."
I could never talk about this. My grandfather warned me not to tell anyone.
"Wren?" Magnum's voice reached me through the haze.
"Magnum's here," Fiona said. "Is it alright if I let him in?"
Suddenly, I wasn't in the bakery or the mansion. I was in Fiona's office at Knight Security. I grabbed her arms. "Oh no."
"Give her a minute, Mag," she said to the door.
Chapter 16 Revenge
Magnum
Stella said Wren might've been with Fiona, so I headed straight there when I arrived at headquarters. Two days without seeing her were messing with my head. How was she adjusting? Were her wounds healed? Was Celeste being diligent enough?
The hallway felt extremely long as I strode toward Fiona's office. From several feet away, I heard whimpers inside, and all my senses went on alert.
A female voice crying, scratches on the door.
Finding it locked, I banged it with my fist. "Wren?"
"Give her a minute, Mag." Fiona's shrill voice only confirmed my fear something was wrong.
"Open the door!" I gave it another bang.
Ten seconds. I'd give her ten seconds to open the door. "Open it now, or I'm taking it down."
One, two, three...
Fiona opened the door, giving me an annoyed glare. She had one arm wrapped around Wren, who was sobbing and clearly shaken from something. "What happened?" I asked Fiona. In other words, what the fuck did you do to her?
"I don't know exactly yet, and I can't tell you anyway. Leave now and when she's calm, I'll call you."
Fuck that. "I'm not leaving." I stepped into the office and pulled her away from Fiona. I tucked her into my side. "What's going on?"
