thrown into empty air. The rage Julian ha

blank face for any sign of a trick,

"Monday. Nine a. m. In front of t

pered in his arms. "Don't

er off, his tone dripping with disdain for Kara

hattered the last o

a small, sad, mocking

"I'm the indecent one. I'm sorry f

urned and walked out of the r

e was no hesita

ng off the sounds of Seraphina's fake s

e corridor. People bustled past, but sh

oors opened, the people inside instinctively took a

n had followed her out. He was standing at the

see if she'd really left? Making sur

, watching the numbers light up as the elevator desc

squint. It felt like waking fro

t her phone and, with methodical precision, deleted

surgical, like excisin

he didn't drive back to the estate. That

needed to tell her family. Though sh

g the tourists, the laughing children, the everyday pulse o

ch. This was her only source

ild, she wo

phone and dialed th

patient. "What is it? Don't bother me unless it's ab

ting a divorce," Kara

have you lost your mind? Do you have any idea that the Whitakers are th

here right now! Immedia

knew a storm was waiting for her. She started