Chapter 34

Eva

Only Cyrus and I were having breakfast, which made me wonder where everyone else was though I didn’t have the courage to ask.

We didn’t talk about last night. Honestly, I just wanted the whole thing dead and buried. I couldn’t even look at anyone directly in the face; that was how embarrassed I was.

After breakfast, Cyrus told me that he had news for me.

“Let’s walk around in the garden,” he told me. “I believe we’ll need privacy for this.”

We walked around the front garden, not the back one which was all around the pool. Cyrus had his hands clasped behind his back, and he looked especially grim in his black clothing.

“Yesterday, I found out something. I don’t know how you’re going to take it, but I want you to know that I’m looking into the matter and that the situation is under control.”

“Okay,” I said.

“There was a survivor,” he told me. Before I could gasp, he added, “Unfortunately, she didn’t make it. Her injuries were too severe. We couldn’t even get her name.”

Goodnes