A very ordinary woman

Chaos

It was well into the morning when Céline appeared from her bedroom. Evy was fully dressed, sitting at the table with a cup of tea and her laptop, her phone on her ear. Céline looked adorably rumpled, clearly just woken up. She was wearing just the little black robe over her naked body, her nipples visible through the fabric.

Evy's heart swelled and she reached out to grab Céline's hand, then pressed her lips to it without making a sound.

"Marianne, she just came in. I'll talk to her.... yes. Ok. I'll talk to you later."

Evy put her phone down and looked at Céline with a concerned frown on her face.

"Sit down, please," Evy said. She picked up a cup and and poured a cup of tea for Céline, adding a spoon of honey. It was a show day, usually Céline would take vocal rest all day.

"What's going on?" Céline's voice was hoarse with sleep.

Evy leaned her elbows on the table and looked out the window for a moment.

"There was an issue at the house. A man climbed the wall last night and fought with Mike and George," Evy said, her serious gaze trained on Céline's eyes.

She gasped and held a hand over her mouth.

"It seems that he followed Mike home, probably parked around the corner and walked the rest of the way. He must have brought something to reach the top of the wall. Mike saw on the camera that he just flopped himself over and landed in the flowerbed right across my room."

Céline had gone white as a sheet. Evy moved her chair closer, took her hand and held it to her lips.

"He got away, but they are trying to get a good image of him from the cameras. The police are there now to make a report."

"And we were here," Céline whispered.

"Thank god we were here. Of course, the alarm went off and woke up the whole house, but still."

"But they didn't get him," Céline muttered with a shaky voice.

"Hey, look at me," Evy said, squeezing her hand. "They are working on it. Mike has extra guys coming in. He's coming over in a bit so you can meet them, ok? They will be all over this place today as well."

"Ok," Céline nodded.

"You should eat something, I ordered some things." Evy lifted the lid off a food tray and put some croissants and other breakfast items on the table.

They sat in silence for a while. Céline ate purposefully and drank her tea with honey, while Evy typed furiously on her laptop. She was in constant contact with Mike and typed up a report of all the details he'd shared with her. There was a lot that she hadn't told Céline. She didn't think it was useful information for her right now.

Céline tapped Evy's arm, and when she looked up, she made a motion of locking her lips. She was going to stop talking for now.

"Ok. You're going to do your exercises now and take it easy? Foot massage later?"

Céline nodded with a smile, but it didn't reach her eyes. She disappeared into the bedroom.

Evy went to her room to answer a call from Edwar Crighton, and she explained the situation to him. He said the guys could come over to watch video footage and see if they saw the man somewhere in or around Ceasar's Palace. He also invited them to stay in the suite as long as they wanted, and Evy said they would think about it.

A while later, Evy's phone dinged with a text from Mike: he was on his way with his guys.

Evy made her way to Céline's bedroom, finding the door closed. She knocked, and a moment later Céline opened it. Evy's chest tightened when she saw the messy bed.