37. She has a fever

Dave returned to the villa when the sun was not yet fully up. He had just checked on Angeline and was instantly relieved to see that she was still fast asleep, wrapped in the warm blanket. His family was still sound asleep at this point, and the morning air was still bitterly chilly and overcast. Since last night, he had not slept at all.

Dave turned the key and walked into the villa where he had left the girl. He purposefully locked it from the outside so that she was unable to leave. He entered, feeling wary of the silence that greeted him, not even the heating was turned on. She was also not in the bed, and her torn dress was still lying pathetically on the floor.

He took quick steps to check every corner of the room,

"Kiara" Dave called her name, but she didn't answer. Did she manage to escape last night? The man felt a sudden worry.

He left her in this room for her to realize her mistake. She had dared to make Eudora sad, she had messed up the event that was made especially fo