Chapter 525

It took Sarah a moment to begin her story. "When I didn't hear from you, I went to your house. There were a couple of guys there. They thought I was you, and took me to Claudius." Katelina nodded, this much she knew. "They interrogated me about where you were. I didn't know, and finally Claudius said I could be put to death. He gave the job to Troy." She said the name with enough venom to poison a small city.

Her hands tightened around her purse strap. "I thought I was dead when he hauled me out of there. I probably should have been. He took me to the house and...and that's when he did this to me."

"Did Claudius know?" Katelina couldn't believe the sulky master would have allowed such a thing.