#Chapter 172: My Personal Trainer

Audrey Edwin led me back to the house and instructed me to change into something appropriate for exercise. I threw on a pair of leggings and a sweatshirt and a pair of sneakers. Then, hand in hand, Edwin led me down a narrow staircase to the basement of his estate. His shoulders were tense, his jaw clenched as he fumbled with a set of keys in front of an unmarked door. “What’s this?” I asked, shivering and wrapping my arms around myself in the cool air of the basement. A home gym, I figured. But the taut line of his jaw made me wonder if that was all it was. Edwin didn’t respond right away. The lock clicked, and he pushed open the door, turning on a fluorescent light that flickered harshly as it came to life. “This is my old training room,” he said, stepping aside and gesturing for me to enter. My mouth hung open as I stepped past him. Whereas the rest of the mansion had been neat and tidy thanks to Hadley’s hard work, the room that Edwin revealed to