Chapter 43: No more games (1)
Laura never once looked back when she heard the screams coming from inside the carriage she was in a moment ago. Annalise had a love for scaring others, and now Delilah had found it out. All that mattered to Laura was the fact that she had gotten her money.
Laura slowed down when she noticed Annalise was standing by the front door, also listening to the screams with a smile. She made no attempt to hide the money Delilah had given her. "Why are you here?" she asked since Annalise had said she was going back to work.
Annalise folded her arms and looked away from the carriage, where Delilah was doing a funny dance on the outside while the coachman circled around her, to Laura, who held a heavy purse. "I wanted to see if you were smart enough to empty the dress before you gave it to her," she said.
"You wanted to mess with her-"
"And why would you carry out my plans when I was not in sight to know whether or not you would shake out the dress? You should have used my not being around to get rid of whatever was in the dress so that you could keep whatever relationship you had with her. I mean, it is nice to see that you know not to get on my bad side, but you should know she will now be angry with you as much as she will be with me," Annalise explained.
She wouldn’t have gotten angry if Laura had emptied the dress before giving it to Delilah.
"Should I go out there to get the dress? I am sure she wouldn’t want it now that I have killed her curiosity," Annalise said, looking back at Delilah on the verge of stripping out of her dress. Some of the knights walking by had stopped to help her. The dress could still be washed and looked just as good as when it had been given to her.
Annalise looked at the stairs when she heard footsteps of someone coming down, and before the person could be where they could see her, Annalise picked up a broom that was laying on the floor and started to sweep.
Rafael came down from the second floor with Giselle right behind him. He couldn’t spend another second alone with her in his study. She had gotten too close to his table, and if possible, her dress seemed to be going further down her shoulders.