#Chapter 194: Brick wall

Alexander “Fiona specifically said that you were not going to kick me out. She said I could stay. Why would she say that if she didn’t mean it?” “I am not kicking you out, Iris. I am not telling you that you need to leave the palace immediately. I only want to talk about a plan for the long-term. I brought you here to help me with my mother’s case and to get you medical care. These things have now been done.” “But I thought you were going to have me testify or something? Right? You needed to know what happened to your mother, but then don’t I need to stay to help you prove it in court or something, too?” Iris’s cheeks were red. She was irritated and speaking fast, interrupting me every time I tried to talk. She had become heated the second we began talking and was running hotter and hotter every second we continued. I took a deliberate pause before answering, trying to reset the pace of the conversation. “I did believe, in the past, that we’d need to take Scarlet to cour