Chapter 71 - Rose

“Grace?” Rose sighed in relief, when her sister finally answered “Oh, thank God, I was so worried! Are you well? Have you left the restaurant yet? Michael and Elisabeth didn't tempt you to go back to that accursed mansion to make you a prisoner again, did they...?"

“Calm down, Rose. Try to breathe...” Grace instructed, as if Rose were the one in the tense situation here and not the other way around. “I'm fine, I swear. I already… I went back to the dorm.” she said it slowly, as she always did when she needed an extra minute to come up with a lie, which only served to make Rose even more worried.

“Don't lie to me, Grace! If someone did something to you, you have to tell me, no matter what kind of blackmail the Springs or that man tried to do, got it?!” she persisted, alarmed “What is this man's name anyway? I need to tell Aaron so he can take the necessary steps...”

“So, uh… What exac