The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 216

Cordelia stood there.

"Cordelia, it was an accident. The cops have looked into it, it was just an accident." Ronan held her tight. He was worried she might faint.

"This wasn't an accident. I'm sure of it. Why didn't the police talk to me?" Cordelia's tear-blurred eyes were full of resentment as she looked at Ronan, "Shelley said she would treat me to spaghetti Bolognese after we check the house. There's no way she would have an accident!"

"You'd fainted." Ronan said.

"Where's Shelley? I want to see her." Cordelia made a dash for the door.

She was caught and carried back to bed by Ronan.

"Try to calm down a bit." He said, watching her now lying quietly on the bed.

"Where's she?" Cordelia asked him.

"Serenity Meadows Cemetery." Ronan said.

At this, Cordelia totally broke down. She started to cry and wail, "Mom, mom..."

Then she started to hit Ronan hard, "What happened to Shelley that day? Tell me!"

"It was just an accident!" Ronan said firmly.

But Cordelia didn't believe him.

She knew Ronan was a schemer. If he didn't want to reveal something, she'd never find out.

"I'm not going to work for a few days. I'll stay home with you." He said.

Cordelia turned her back to him, ignoring him and pretending to sleep.

Ronan had restricted her freedom. She couldn't do anything, let alone find out the truth.

She knew she couldn't defy him right now.

Cordelia's world had shrunk to her bedroom.

Barney came to see her, saying how sorry he was about Shelley's passing.

"You have to pull yourself together, Della. At least you have Ronan." Barney patted Cordelia's hand.

Cordelia couldn't say anything to Barney.

But one thing was clear to her. Ronan had something to do with Shelley's death, and she couldn't fully trust him.

He didn't just happen to be at that house.

Three days later, Cordelia's mood started to stabilize and she started eating again.

"I want to visit Shelley." She told Ronan one day.

She looked so haggard, it broke his heart.

"I'll go with you." Ronan said.

"Okay. Can I have my phone now?" She asked him.

Ronan handed over her phone.

There were lots of new messages on WhatsApp, all from the past few days.

All the messages were new, but Cordelia hadn’t seen any of them.

Jamie, Brooklyn, and Brenda...

Many people were telling Cordelia not to take it too hard.

Samantha had also sent a message. Because she was at the top of Cordelia's friends list, she must have messaged Cordelia. But the content of the conversation had been deleted by Ronan.