But how could she repay him now?
Tears streamed silently. She wondered whether her sanity would be destroyed by his letter.
Her heart ached.
Tears tumbled, and her limbs trembled. Too much pain.
She couldn’t endure it. She lay on the floor, shaking feebly.
It was cold, but she could not feel it over the ache of her heart.
There was something under the bed, something red.
It was so conspicuous that she wondered why she hadn’t noticed it before.
Had he hidden something under the bed? Something for her to find.
After scrubbing her face with her sleeve, Lucinda took a few deep, calming breaths. Then she reached out and dragged the thing from under the bed.
It was a shirt covered with blood. The smell was heavy, metallic.
Although the blood was already dry, it looked fresh, not old, bright red, not dark brown or black. It must have been from a recent wound.
When?
There was so much blood on the shirt. It shocked her.
She frowned. It couldn’t be from the chemical burn.
What could have done it? What had hurt him so badly?
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Lucinda recalled the day she brought Sally back to Bay Villa.
Nathaniel had admitted that he was injured but played down the severity of his wounds.
Now she knew that something was seriously wrong.
She called to Leon and said, “Get Sonny. I want to see him! Right now! Go!”
Intimidated by her fury, Leon ran so quickly, he almost fell.
Half an hour later, Sonny arrived.
When he entered Nathaniel’s room, Lucinda was sitting on the lounge chair. She seemed absent-minded, dazed.
She held the blood-soaked shirt. Her tears had been wiped dry, but her swollen eyes revealed she had been crying very recently.