Chapter 41
Chapter Forty-One
Lilly was so exhausted she didn’t know her own name and just wanted to relax in her morning room to relive what had happened at the wedding.
Walking through her front door she felt immediately on guard.
She felt something was out of place but couldn’t see anything amiss.
Shrugging off her unease, she carried on through the main living room dumping the post on her kitchen table.
When she reached her bedroom, she stripped all her clothes off and headed for her shower.
It hadn’t been long since she had shared a shower with Elijah but the long journey back had made her feel like she needed another.
Spending the night at Jack’s home in the middle of nowhere was a real treat.
Jack and Olivia’s house was enormous, she could have easily spent weeks there.
Refreshed and dressed in an oversized t-shirt she walked barefoot to her morning room.
It was full of sunshine and her sofa was in the perfect position.
She’d it she could see her latest painting and ponder on its progress but also the ceiling windows poured light into the room and drenched the sofa with light and warmth.
She smiled when she thought back to the last time she lay on here, beneath Elijah.
With a satisfied sigh she sank onto the sofa and laid her head on the cushion as she stretched like a cat and yawned sleepily.
Turning her head to the side, she looked at the nearly completed painting of Elizabeth.
She adored the woman and was heartbroken when she passed away.
She loved Harry too and wanted to give him a present of a portrait.
She’d been working on it for a long time and didn’t want to finish it because she was worried if Harry wouldn’t want it.
Would it be a too painful reminder? She would finish it and then decide whether to give it to Harry.
She gazed at the older lady, with the poise of royalty and wished that she had her determination and strive.
Elizabeth had achieved so much in her life and took in her granddaughter after her son’s horrible death was just the kind of thing she did without thinking.
She took family seriously and treated her close friends like family.
It had nothing to do with the fact she was her Godmother.
In the early days of Lilly joining the firm she took her under her wing.
She protected her from the venom that naturally happened in a competitive environment.
She loved her like a mother and missed her wisdom and guidance.
She longed to talk to her about Elijah and how she was feeling.
She wanted to spend the rest of her life with Elijah and had known that from the first time she had met him but felt ludicrous saying that aloud.
Elizabeth would have understood it.
Lilly sat upright in one movement, she knew what was missing.
The pendant had gone, crawling over the floor she searched for it to see if it had fallen on the floor.
In her heart she knew it was gone and she knew who had taken it.
There was no forced entry. William had a key, and he knew she was away for the weekend.
It didn’t take a genius to work it out. Slumped on the floor she resigned herself that she finally needed to go to the police.