#Chapter 197: Whatever You Want I’ll Give It To You

Later, in the safety of my room, I asked Mark to summon Nicholas. Yet, just as he arrived, Veronica arrived too. I wasn’t unhappy to see her, exactly, but there were things I had hoped to speak with Nicholas about that I hadn’t wanted others to overhear. When I heard Veronica’s reasons for visiting however, I quickly decided that what I wanted to talk to Nicholas about could wait. “I want to check on Elva,” Veronica said. “She’s playing,” I said, and motioned where Elva played dolls with Charlotte and the nanny. “I don’t need to interfere. I can observe from a distance.” I waved her forward, and she moved closer to Elva and the rest. Nicholas stepped into the room behind her. “You alright?” he asked. He must have seen how shaken up I was. I’d been rattled since those flyers dropped on Julian and I. But I couldn’t worry about that now. “I’ll feel better if Veronica tells us Elva is okay.” We both wait and watch while Veronica quietly studies Elva from a distance halfway into the