Cynthia Dion:
I heard Mr. Holt open the door and quickly survey the room before leaving again. That's when I realized he had a spare key to my room.
After that, I tried to go to sleep, but I was feeling extremely uneasy that night after learning the source of Atticus's long-standing animosity toward me. He believed I had targeted Mr. Holt because of his wealth and his potential to help my father and me. He might have thought I was a gold digger, which is why he started disliking me. Then he kidnapped me, thinking that Mr. Holt would never marry me due to the damage to my reputation. But despite his diabolical nature, Mr. Holt had still married me.
It troubled me that Mr. Holt was doing my family many favors while simultaneously mocking me because of our circumstances.
The thought of ha
