"A-about that… did you forget you had to rush home because Kathrine suddenly fell ill?" Roseline said, her voice trembling slightly as the memory surfaced.
She remembered very clearly how that day had unfolded.
It had been her doing.
The moment George's sister arrived asking to meet Hugo, Roseline had immediately realized the danger. The woman had come determined to speak, determined to reveal things Roseline did not want Hugo to hear.
So Roseline had acted quickly.
She had called Hugo and told him that Kathrine had suddenly fallen ill and needed him immediately. Naturally, Hugo had rushed home without questioning anything.
Meanwhile, Norma had been sent away with a different story altogether.
Roseline had calmly told her that Hugo refused to meet the sister of a criminal. She had made it sound as though Hugo had no interest in hearing anything related to George or his family.
The lie had worked perfectly.
Now, years later, Hugo seemed to remember the incident differently.
