Chapter 84 The Hopeless Trace

Mia "This is beautiful." Madeline breathed, purring over the mink coat that I had given her. I grunted, not interested in saying a word. Madeline had paid me a visit but I would have preferred it if she wasn't here. I would like to be alone. I was too nervous to know what Albert would find out about Amelia that I didn't have the energy to be civil. I also had to think of what else I would do if Albert didn't find anything on her. Madeline couldn't have found a much worse day to pay me a visit. "Thank you." She gushed. I winced. That was the fourth time she would be telling me that in the last five minutes since I gave it to her. She was making me feel like I had never given her anything before. I wished she would shut up before I start regretting handing over the coat to her. "Can you stop saying that?" She nodded. "I was only happy." "You can keep that happiness to a minimum now, Madeline." I sighed. She chuckled. "I came to check on you, thinking that you would be bored sin