#Chapter 209: The One Closest To Him

Hugo didn’t like my plan of walking straight up to the Zimmer house and knocking on the door, but it was the best I could think of at the time. By that evening, I still hadn’t come up with anything better. So the next morning, after telling Miles I will be arriving late, but not telling him why, I head over to the Zimmer house. The house is in a nicer part of town, though the building itself isn’t really that much bigger than mine. It’s better kept, with fresh paint and professional landscaping, but the building itself seems like a single family home. I imagine Zimmer has many other houses, and this is the one he keeps just for Daphne. Daphne herself has hinted that she has her own place where Edward didn’t use to visit all that often. Things have changed lately. I keep thinking of her bruises. Reaching out, I’m about to press the doorbell when I heard a crash of something breaking followed by a shrill scream. “Daphne?” I cry out. With no time to waste, I grab the doork