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BRIAN'S POV

The exhaustion in Blair was pretty very obvious and I didn't bother to wake her up.

Before the first ray of sun hit the surface, I ran to the car and was on my way to Winchester.

I had spent all night, trying over and over again to reach out to Stacy, but neither her number, nor Collins’ was connecting and I found the word ‘peace,’ very far from my abode.

The two hours drive to Winchester, had to be the longest I had had in all my life.

I drove straight to the office and found the gates heavily locked with chains and a gigantic padlock.

“What's the meaning of this?” I started yelling at the top of my voice.

“Is anybody here? What is happening?” I continued yelling.

It was the morning of a weekday and even if it wasn't, I expected guards and security personnels here at the gate.

I didn't rant for long, before I figured it was not helping, so I rushed back home.

To my greatest surprise, I found the gates of my mansion, equally heavily locked, but this time, wrapped