Chapter 9Once they got the situation with the cars taken care of, Sophia returned home while Wyn and Christoph went on to Christoph’s house.
At Christoph’s insistence, Wyn parked his car next to the Triumph in the large garage behind the house before they went inside. They found Helen ensconced in one of the armchairs in the living room, reading, with a cup of tea on the side table next to her.
“Celyn’s in bed and asleep,” she immediately told Wyn. “She wanted to wait up until you got home but I convinced her it would be very late which—” she glanced at her wristwatch, “—it is.”
“Sorry. We had something we needed to take care of,” Wyn replied, feeling a bit guilty.
“That’s what I told her and she accepted it but you might want to come up with a reason that a five-year-old can understan
