Chapter 110: Lovely Ring

Suddenly her fingers begin to shake, and she feels her breathing accelerate out of control.

"What's wrong with me?" Avery wonders, "I should be happy that I'll soon be free from the Howel. Why does it feel like a knife is stabbing me in the chest?"

She takes several deep breaths and begins to laugh at herself.

"I'm being stupid and ridiculous," she thinks, "Evan won't care a bit when I leave. I need to remember that he's probably looking forward to it. As soon as I'm out of the picture, he's free to marry Diana Summers."

"What are you looking at?" Janetta's voice calls from the door.

Avery folds the agreement in half to hide the words and tries to look calm.

"What are you doing here?" she asks her sister.

Janetta Peters plays with her hair and leans against the closet doorway.

"The maid said you were here, and I knocked on the door but you didn't answer," Janetta says, "What are you doing in there anyway?"