Stant

house" and "safe," a shado

n emotion I couldn't name. It looked like anger, but the

ought as ridiculou

ation?" he asked, his v

out the password." It was one of the few things I had managed to

caged panther. "I'll have Leo draft a power of attorney tomorrow.

n won't just hand them over. They'll cause a scene, try to ex

turn any situation into an op

me, his gaze sharp. "Then what's you

an authority that left

gn, unsettling. But deep down, a tiny, u

on said suddenly, his

hat? You? They don't know yo

ross his face. "Ms. Stanton, you

forward with his elbows on his knees,

ise capital for some new b

ecia's endless, whining co

, 'intrigued' by Mr. Hicks's project, making a late-nigh

He was planning

I said. "They'll

locking with mine. "I don't do t

ous. Against my better judgment, I star

the layout of the study in detail, even s

was beginning to lighten. Gannon stood u

ed back at me, his gaze intense. "Estela. F

ng after he was gone,

ing was certain: ever since I met him, my lif

or the first time in this strange apartment, I l

road-shouldered figure stood behind me, steady