"There should be some news right now. Where is she?" Kate wondered as she looked out the window of her home, waiting for someone to bring news that she could go for her mother or see her mother return on her own.
It was the next day after she had gone to court to speak about the things she had done in the past.
Kate did exactly as Alessandra wanted, so her mother should be released from Edgar's hold. She was already packing up most of their things so they could leave town and never come back. They had no place in Lockwood anymore. Too much had burdened them in this town, from her father's death to her marriage to Simon. They could run away and forget the life they had here.
Kate placed her thumb in her mouth to bite away at her nail.
"Marchioness-"
