"It's getting late," Jas said, closing the front door. He returned from making a trip to the gates to see if the town guards had paid a visit at any point. Strangely, they had not. "Why haven't they co? Surely all the talk in the town should have made them co to inspect Katrina, but they have not co. They must be working with Edgar."
Jas went to the window to look out the sun going down and the pathway to the gates slowly lighting up. There was a small crowd outside asking about Kate and Simon then there were so asking if the woman in the paper was Kate or Katrina. Mother and daughter could not get a break.
Jas worried that as the town got darker and quieter Edgar would make a move to get Katrina. The woman was already prepared for anything that could happen tonight or the day after. She spent the day focusing on making sure Kate would be taken care of if sothing were to happen to her.
'No one can deny that she loves her daughter,' Jas sighed. It was unfortunate that they were in this position of not knowing if they would have to say goodbye for a long ti.
Kate and Katrina were both on edge since aside from the small crowd outside, it had been too silent from Edgar's end, the court, and the guards. All of this information was spread around with a portrait which pointed to Katrina, but no one made a move to take her. At this point, the silence was making Katrina paranoid since she could not figure out what was happening to be able to plot sothing.
Jas left the window and went to the dining room where Katrina already sat. She had a paper in front of her on which she endlessly wrote sothing.
"Jas, why are you walking around looking so depressed? It is not you who has to worry about what is to co," Katrina said without looking up at him. She could imagine how he looked now without having to see it with her own eyes. The man always cared too much. He was more concerned about what was to co than she was.
"I ca to say the dinner will be served in an hour as normal. The servants will need to clear the table before then so if you don't mind," Jas replied.
Katrina sighed. "I suppose I have sat here long enough. I will be out of their way shortly. Where is Kate?" She looked around for her daughter. Kate had surprisingly gone back to acting like nothing was wrong. Spending the day like she normally would in the past talking about dresses. "I will go see her for a mont," she stood from her seat.
"The last I saw her, she was in her father's study, but it seed like she was going back to her room right after," Jas replied.
"What could she have possibly wanted from that room? That girl must still be looking for a way for the two of us to get out of here. I told her there is none. I'd like for Edgar to just drop dead so I can feel like I have not completely lost. Keep an eye on the gates," Katrina said as she walked off to find Kate.
Katrina started to make her way to Kate's room, but on her way there, she heard sounds coming from Desmond's old study. She figured Kate might not have returned to her room like Jas thought. "Kate!" She called out to her.
After receiving no response, Katrina beca suspicious of who was in the room. It could be a servant digging around to find sothing of value before running away. Katrina hadn't missed so of the concerned looks from the servants who worried about their jobs.
All of them knew what was being said in the town as so ca from their hos in town at different hours to start working. Two were already fired for whispering rumors about her.
Katrina entered the room, expecting to find a servant, but it was Kate. "Kate, didn't you hear call you? Why have you made a ss in this room?"
Just like Kate's bedroom, Desmond's study was now a ss with books shattered all over the floor and furniture pushed around.
"Mother, wasn't there a secret space in father's room where he hid his cigars from you?" Kate asked, continuing to rummage around the room.
"There was, but I could not find it. Please don't tell you are resorting to smoking. It does not suit a lady like yourself-"
"No! It might be a big enough space that when the guards co you can hide in it. They won't be able to find you and take you away. They will think that you've sohow managed to run away and while they are distracted, we can finally leave," Kate revealed her big plan. She only needed to find the space for her mother to hide.
Katrina didn't share Kate's excitent about the plan. "Kate-"
"What are you doing here?"
Katrina turned around after hearing the faint sound of Jas seemingly yelling at soone downstairs. She listened carefully, trying to make out what was happening, but could not make out anything more. "What now-"
"No," Kate grabbed her mother's arm. Why would her mother go down there now when people were coming to take her away to be questioned? "You must hide," she said.
Katrina removed Kate's hold on her. "I am not going to hide in my own ho, Kate. I was just down there with Jas. It could not be the guards. I hope it is not Clark," she muttered as Clark would take this opportunity to try getting sothing for himself. "I have to see who it is. You should stay here."
"No, I am coming too," Kate decided. She could not let her mother go alone. She needed to be right by her mother's side to defend her if anyone was there for her. Kate didn't know how she was going to help her mother, but she had to try anything when the mont ca.
Katrina was hesitant to let Kate co with her because of the weird look she was getting from Kate. Kate looked like she would be unable to stay still if Katrina asked her to be and Kate kept playing with her fingers which Katrina now noticed were full of bite marks. However, she had no ti to waste trying to make Kate stay here.
Katrina left the room, followed closely by Kate whose nerves grew with each step she took.
"You cannot be here! You are forbidden to enter soone's land!"
Katrina heard Jas' voice more clearly as she started to walk down the stairs. It was evident from his tone that this wasn't the town guards. It had to be soone Jas was familiar with because the guards would have every right to step on her land at a ti like this.
"You!" Katrina's eyes widened when she entered the dining room and saw the number of people surrounding Jas. "What the hell are you doing in my ho!"
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