Page 12 of Angelic Acts
Chapter 6
Sebastian
When my monitors inform me of Lizzy’s return to her house, my heart finally slows to a normal rate.
It’s not that I distrust Tom and Betty. It’s just that when she’s not home, she’s out of my reach. Not only am I not there for her if she needs me, but I wouldn’t even be aware of any harrowing situation she’d encounter.
Overnight trips are especially hard to cope with, because it’s even longer that she’s away. She doesn’t go on many, and they’re solely reserved for the Colemans.
As soon as she enters her house, she disrobes her outerwear. Then she beelines directly to her pets. She feeds the few who are scheduled to eat, then begins speaking to them as she scurries around.
“You’ll never believe what Betty ambushed us with!”
My ears perk. Betty Coleman’s typically nurturing, benevolent, and mild-mannered. She’s certainly not one to ‘ambush’ Lizzy with anything. They love her like family, which is why they’re authorized to be around her.
“She set me up!” Lizzy shrieks, as she walks to her pantry. When she returns, she’s holding her broom.
My head cocks as I try to decipher the meaning. How did she set Lizzy up? In what manner? Surely, she didn’t do anything to upset Lizzy.
But my Lizzy doesn’t keep me guessing.
“The man was horrible!”
The hair on the back of my neck rises.What man?
“He was saying the worst things!”
Sweat pools on my back.What was he saying to her?
“The most arrogant and conceited man I’ve ever met!”
Dizziness overwhelms me.She met a man?
“And not even in a sexy-Mr.-Darcy sort of way!”
My world tilts on its axis.Sexy? Darcy? Fitzwilliam Darcy?
“He was horrible! I just couldn’t believe it!”
My feet can’t stop pacing.What did he do to her? How could they let a man near her?
“The gall of him! Accusingmeof cheating at chess! How about learn the most basic checkmates!”
The blood roars in my ears, creating a pounding in my mind.How dare this miscreant question Lizzy’s intelligence?
“He told me I need to starve myself to have a waist he approves of!”
Everything in me tenses, freezing me in my steps.
Give me a name, angel. I just need a name.
“He… he said he wouldn’t even fuck me if I begged for it. That I wasn’t even nerdy in the sexy-librarian kind of way!”
My fists clench as her breath hitches.How fucking dare he.
Tell me who he is, so I can make him pay.
“Garrison, grandson of Norris, can rot in hell! When Tom escorted him out, he was pissed…”
