Resent Reject Regret by Aqua Summers novel Chapter 26

Chapter 26 You Liar!

The call was connected. Brendan gnashed his teeth as he said, “Where the hell are you, McKinnon?!”

Deirdre said nothing. At the end of her silence came a click

-and the call was hung up.

She stuck the phone back into her pocket, feeling disappointed. That had not been Sterling, as she had hoped. How was he? Was he okay? She had no idea how he was.

The only silver lining right now was how well-known the Fuller family really was in the city. Even a run-of-the mill cab driver knew exactly where to take Deirdre when she asked him to take her to their house.

She paid the driver, who told her where the doorbell was, and pressed it. There was a series of quick footsteps, accompanied by a voice thick with annoyance . “Which nutcase is it this time? It’s like they all think they can just ring whenever they feel like it!”

“I’m sorry,” Deirdre huffed, feeling anxious . “I… I just

wanted… to know where Sterling is? He’s not picking up his phone”

“Sterling ?” The maid scoffed. It was palpable just how little she respected the young man-even though he was supposedly one of her employers. “Just a bastard child, that one, but oh-so-many troubles! I guess being the bastard child of a big wealthy family still counts for something ’cause he still needs to be taken care of… He’s probably in some mortuary or something. Maybe you should come back to look for him at his funeral?”

Funeral?!

Deirdre’s face paled. Had Brendan not said he was going to leave Sterling alone?!

She lunged at the iron gate, animated by her fear and alarm. “Please! Please let me come inside to see him! Brendan – Mr. Brighthall -promised me that everything would be over now! Please!”

The maid did not catch the Brighthall name since all she noticed was Deirdre’s grotesque face suddenly zooming in on her. Startled and taken aback, she cussed. “What the f*ck! Oh my god, get this out of my face! Who the f*

ck let you prowl in the streets?”

She heard the gate open. Finally!

She was about to enter when she felt a force striking her right on the chest. The hit knocked her out, and she ended up falling