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There was a pregnant silence between Sebastian and Carol as they walked side by side back to the house. Carol did not know what to say or how to broach the topic of what she had seen with Sebastian. After all, he yelled at her for trying to talk about matters that were not this delicate, so she could just imagine if she started to talk about this one. A sudden thought came to her. What if she was mistaken and he did not notice or know that something was going on with his uncle as she had thought? Was she supposed to keep it to herself? When they got into the house, she was about to tell Sebastian that she was going up to her room when he spoke first.“Can we talk, Carol?” He asked, sounding as weary as Mr. James had looked.“Of course, we can. What is the matter?” Carol asked, as though she did not know what the matter was.“It’s about my uncle. I know you saw the blood he coughed up when he had the coughing fit earlier.”“Oh, thank God. I thought that I was the only one who noticed. W
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Carol was in her room reading a novel the next afternoon when there was a knock on her bedroom door. “Come in.” She called out and was surprised when Sebastian poked his head around the door before coming inside the room cautiously. Since that first day when he had brought the postnuptial agreements for her to sign, he had not come into her room. She herself did not even know what the inside of his bedroom looked like, despite the fact that she had been here for over a month. This was no doubt, one of the weirdest marriages in the history of weird marriages. “Hey.” He said, making himself comfortable on a chair in the corner. “Hey. How are you doing?” “Good. I hope you remember what we talked about this morning.” “Yes, I do. I’ve packed all my stuff. Also, you don’t need to worry yourself about my performance. I’m a good actress even if I do say so myself. I’ll put up an Oscar-worthy performance that your uncle will not doubt or suspect anything.” Carol said, thinking to herself
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