chapter 26. A Mother's Secret

BELLE I could hear my heart beating in my ears as I ran down the streets of Paris to where I hoped my mother lived. I couldn’t stop looking behind me, waiting for Grayson to come around the corner and chase after me. But he never came. By a stroke of luck, I was able to slip into my mother’s building, and in very little time, I found myself standing in front of the door of her apartment. I knocked on the door quickly, hoping to God that someone would be home, otherwise this would all be for nothing. “Just one second!” I heard someone shout from the other side of the door. I nervously ran my sweaty palms over my jeans as I looked up and down the extremely fancy hallway, hoping I wasn’t about to see Grayson come up the steps behind me before I got the chance to talk to my mother. This place was really nice. I’d known that my mother’s husband was rich, but I hadn’t remembered her living somewhere this nice. The door opened and my mother stood in front of me, wiping her wet hand