. She kept her hand clamped tightly over her mouth, her chest h

ted to run. She wanted to sprint

f the wall and moved back to the two-inch gap in the doorway. She needed to see it

fa, taking in the deta

mp standing in the corner. The abstract oil pain

breath

awless recreation of the tiny, rundown apartment in Brooklyn she and Colton had s

nt. He had rebuilt the purest, happiest memories

sliding down Audrey's cheek. Sh

pen-concept kitchen inside the apartment. Th

wearing a casual gray sweater, holding two cr

d handed one of the

d onto the man's fa

Jerry B

d in the freezing cemetery, handed her a coffee,

ass in the air, a wide,

l, wrapped box sitting on the coffee table. "I brought that cus

d erupted in Audrey's ears,

daughter. Her onl

lvet sofa, drinking wine, laughing, while she sat alone in a massive, empty mansion, crying over a

tment, Kelsey s

e bright. "The florist said they left

slippers and started walking d

placed by a massive spike of adrenaline.

r-it would take too long to arrive. She darted to the left, to

e handle and y

et out a sharp, hi

l and let the heavy door swing shut behind her, catch

e double doors of suite

n right. The corridor was completely empty. The only soun

ghtly. She looked

m carpet, were two small, dark puddles of m

nt down, and picked up a massive box of imported white roses sitting against the wa

airwell, Audr

in the narrow shaft. She gripped the metal railing, practically throwing herself

r exit door and ran straight out

rking lot. She yanked open the door of her Volvo, threw h

the car wrapp

ore from her throat. She screamed until her vocal cords felt like they were bleeding,