rees blur past as the Rolls-Royce sped along the Long Island Expressway. The hum of the e

She looked down, the screen

ow was the din

y was the only person in this world who understood. The only on

ra is back. She was making comments about Dorman. And he

t the window. The city sky

ough the speaker. "That bitch! She flies back into town and immediately starts

Adina feel a little less alone. A

text p

ell you. I've been sitting on it all afternoon, b

vaporated, replaced by a cold dread. She typed bac

on things, you know? He lost him for a bit this afternoon, but

s. But the seed of suspicion Dorman had planted this afternoon had already taken root, choking out reason. 'Arely, are you serious?' she typed, her hands shaking. Before Arely c

: I'm so so

me, Adina

nd, then the message notificati

tapp

anyone who had ever walked the Upper East Side-the hushed, opulent hallway of The

that hallway w

frame unmistakable in a charcoal suit. Facing him, standing in

. Her sister was holding a white plastic keycard sleeve

of the image burned itself

an had claimed to be on a "video

in from her face, a roaring sound filling her ears. It wasn't su

Addie. As soon as she landed. I'm so

de it impossible to swallow. She didn't cry. The pain was too sharp for tears. It was a

e on the phone earlier.

ny. He had been with her. He had lied to her face, and then he ha

back down. For two years, she had endured the coldness, the loneliness, the utter lack of

lder. A legal formality to keep the sharehold

r, something harder. The grief was still there, but

sn't going to sit in this car and cry o

oto to a hidden

sages and typed back to

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