“What else are you scared of, Aleks?” she asks, her voice getting lower and lower until I can barely hear it. “Worried that he’ll find out your dirty little secrets? The women…”
I freeze on the spot. Are they talking about Isabella?
But Yulia said “women.” Plural. Are those the same women Rob was referring to?
“Enough!” Aleks roars. “Don’t say another f*****g word, Mother.”
I take that as my cue to leave. If he storms out unexpectedly, he’ll catch me eavesdropping, and then there will be hell to pay.
My heart is beating so hard that it’s all I can hear as I slip out of sight and climb the staircase up towards the second floor.
I avoid the maid cleaning one of the sitting rooms and slip into the next room instead. I don’t know what exactly I’m looking for.
But I know something: if I
