Starlet heard the doorbell ring and did not move. She heard Ms Wade go to answer it and waited. She had told the woman to let her guests in when they came. She watched her daughter and the guilt ate at her again. She felt like she was doing something wrong. She needed someone to reassure her. Or even rebuke her.
Lucien insisted that he would not divorce her the only way out was if she left him and applied for separation papers. If they were separated for at least eighteen months, she could divorce him. One way or another, they would get a divorce. She had everything planned out.
She heard footsteps and the door opened. The light to the playroom opened and her head turned just in time to see Charlotte waddle in, behind her were Octavia, Richard and Xiamie.
