leaner. Amie and Harlon stood in line behind a couple who couldn'

her. The tag on her new dress

ir turn came, the clerk asked the standard ques

ions, Mr. an

thin. It weighed m

is watch. "I'll send you the

ed. "I have something to settle first. Can

on his sleeve, then

Mills estate, Amie walked toward the front door with the

tribunal. Richard pacing. Donna perched on the sofa. Iola leanin

a blade. "You assaulted Pierce Grant. He's in the hos

arefully curated disappointment of a mother whose child had broken something

ect is dead. You have nothing. So what's your

offee table, laid the marriage certifi

be necessary. I'm

scanned the name-Harlon Grant-and the

g behind him. "Harlon Grant? How cou

nt they saw that name. The Mills family had spent her entire life measuring peop

d. My engagement

the stairs to co

But everything you have was paid for by the Mills family." Her smil

hing. Donna look

ed to the top button of her

Watching me strip in the middle of this living

I bought them with commissions from clients who requeste

that I was the sharp one and you had the name. That sentence broke something in you. But here

t herself see before. Panic. Iola wasn't just furious that Amie had escaped. She was terrified-because everyth

have nothing to do wi

suitcase and walked ou

he driveway. "Without this famil

idn't

out her phone. One message from Harlon: an addres

eply: What's

espo

ess. Whatever waited for her there, she'd fac