The Girl in the Wych Elm: Part Nine
9. No Stars Over Wych Elm “Arrien…go home…” The stubborn man refused again. The Watchmen were tired of being pestered. Arrien, however, refused to yield. He would get inside Old Cahawba one way or another. “We’re not telling you this again.” He sighed frustratedly. That was Arrien’s final warning. The Watchmen at the estate’s gate had given Arrien too many chances; their patience was gone. They had refused Arrien entry four times. And four times Arrien pushed back, refusing to leave. If the man continued bothering them, the Watchmen would use violence instead of words. The second Watchman shoved Arrien onto the ground and kicked dirt all over him. “Mayor Hightower doesn’t want to see your stupid ass, especially this late at night.” He told Arrien to go before he put hands on him. Arrien refused, to their annoyance. “But I need to speak with him urgently.” News of the Rosenbaums’ ascension to the High Families had reached his ears. The last son of the Morgenstern family ...