Except: An Enchanted Easter
Damien had Riley drop him off about a block away from the Bellwether manor. “What’s the point of trying to hide when you called ahead to say you were coming?” Riley asked. “It’s not to hide, I just want to walk to the house before I knock. It will help me clear my head.” Damien was hoping that the walk would give him time to calm down and gather his courage. It seemed like all it did was give him time to feed his fears and get more and more nervous. By the time he reached the manor, he wasn’t sure he could go through with it. The last time he had been here, he had stolen $2000 from his mother’s jewelry box, along with her jewelry... and then he had stolen his parents’ truck. Within three months of leaving the house, he had crashed the truck and run through the money. And the last time he had seen them before that was when he had to explain what he had done to Evangeline. The disappointment on their faces, the horror and recrimination had been too much for him. That was why...