Chapter 218: Chapter 218

INT. - JULIAN BLACK'S MANSION - AFTERNOON

Kinsey paced in front of the fireplace in the main sitting room at Julian's mansion, waiting on Simone. The creepy little butler, Clarence, almost didn't let her in. Kinsey had been forced to shoulder her way inside. It brought her no end of satisfaction, the look of shock on his face or the fact he let her precede him into the house.

Normally, she would have entered around the side, through the solarium, but they seemed to be doing some construction and the glassed-in area was partitioned off by workmen. That left the front door and Clarence. And Kinsey was glad. She felt all the more empowered by the encounter, though it occurred to her as he left her with a sneer of disdain she'd one upped the help.

"Ms. DanAllart." She spun at the sound of a voice she knew, one she used to fear just a little. Julian Black observed her from the doorway, flat and unhappy expression focused on her.