Page 185 of The Defiant Curse

Yes, yes, she had.

Gabby shared more so they were all on the same page for now.

“Then, Oison makes his other daughter marry Duncan, and we think it’s because he knew he was gay, and was willing to blackmail him. So, Catherine moves in, raises Ceit’s child, and plays wife for a while.”

Elizabeth was curious.

“Did he know, or did Ceit tell Catherine, and she told Daddy? Because this family seems to be all up in some business here,” she said. “Can we trust the sister? I mean, if their father was a POS, and I say that because he killed his child, would Catherine feel safe there? What if she told Daddy and he lost his cool? You’re assuming that Ceit sent a letter to her father, but you didn’t see the letter. What you know is he showed up with his other child in tow, no?”

They all nodded.

Elizabeth played Devil’s advocate.

“Maybe Catherine saw this as her way out. You said she was a snake, and betrayed Duncan later. Is it odd to assume she’d betray her sister’s confidence? I can’t imagine I’d tell my father jack shit if he sold me off for a dowry, but I would tell my sibling my secrets if we’d been close.”

Well, shit.

She had a point.

“Maybe she got burned too,” Elizabeth stated. “By her own sister.”

As soon as she said that, the lights flickered as if to confirm what she’d said.

Immediately, Ethan looked around.

“What was that?”

“Rats,” they all said together, making Elizabeth laugh her ass off.

Only, Ethan didn’t get it.

So, she told him.

“That’s part of the spooks getting spooky. This castle is filthy with ghosts, and I think that was Ceit agreeing with me. This isn’t so cut and dry. It wasn’t solved. You guys didn’t get the mystery right.”

Yeah, they were seeing that.

Something was missed.

Ethan wasn’t questioning it, since he’d heard some shit about this place.

“What happened next?” he asked.

Finn shared.

“Apparently, wifey number two wanted out of here, too, at some point. The place was being haunted by her sister.”

Elizabeth pointed out another thing.

“If my sister burned me, and I was betrayed, I know I’d haunt the joint. If she hadn’t been a cuntwaffle, I wouldn’t be bothered.”

Again, the lights flickered.

Gabby was beginning to agree.

She burned her sister to get her ass out of Ireland, and then once here, she bided her time, but then she wanted to get married to a local farmer.

To have her own life.