Chapter 57 Together in the Water

Violet Leach looked up at Wesley Merritt as he stepped out of the bathroom and nodded. "Yeah! Of course I'm going. I believe in reciprocity—what's done to me, I return the gesture. Evelyn Conrad crashed my wedding, so I'll crash hers." Wesley's rage had reached its boiling point. In one swift motion, he pinned her against the wall, his chest heaving as if his body were on fire. "What's wrong with you?" Violet had no idea what had come over him. "Knock knock knock—" The door rattled. "Violet, what's all the noise in your room?" Caleb Leach's worried voice came from outside. Violet glanced at Wesley still pressing against her and frowned. "Nothing's wrong. Go back to sleep." "I'm coming in. I brought some medicine," Caleb insisted. He was deeply concerned. With such a loud commotion earlier, maybe she'd gotten delirious from fever and fallen? The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. He had to see her with his own eyes—only then could he be at ease. Violet anxiously bit h