vate library clicked sh

th, Clayton's jacket still around her shoulders, her arms wrap

red three fingers of scotch.

e asked, without

r eyes were red-rimmed

could have destroyed him quietly. You didn't

gets skinned at midday, in front of everyone

ide her, planted both hands on the arms of her chair, a

ave no intention of letting another man wa

hit her l

oice cracked on it. "Demario doped me and put me in tha

id

question. It

her chin, and she tried

quidation - your father's signature is on a default judgment dated March. Your townhouse on P

d like a hammer

're walking out of here. What money are you plann

shut. The tears came a

ou," she

kno

ario's in the courtyard. He's refusing to sign th

g him

he door - bruised, gravel on

er wrote it into the trust himself! Every disputed asset between heirs gets settled the old way.

s hazardous. Demario's been running

now, blood in his teeth. "The abandoned coastal strip. If

ted at

mine. And sh

her feet. "You don't get to gamble

ing at her, and she stopped talking

s smi

terrifying thing

y belongs to me," he murmured, "and

-black key fob. Crossed the rug and let it dr

Demario. At midnight, I'

rical laughter went on echoing down t

yton and grabbed his f

racing kills people! Why would y

tur

so hard the breath went out of her lungs. His other hand c

ou?" h

e face w

r yourself, M

from hers, and she could feel the heat of his

derstand one thing," he said. "What I have

the loss of contact

ight," he said, walking for th