A SCHEMING SMILE

AURUM slowly opened her eyes and saw the familiar ceiling of her room at Hanover Manor.  She was in a dazed for a bit, wondering why she was here.  Then she remembered that she, her mother, and Black had arrived here in the middle of the night yesterday.  A day before they travelled here, her mother already contacted Gregory to inform him of their arrival.  So, even though they arrived here at the middle of the night Gregory and his wife, the head maid Nelly were still awake to welcome them.

Because it was too late in the night, her mother told her that they should just hold-off checking that record her father left and do it early next morning.  Which was now, by the way.