na's

forward and put himsel

shouted into the wind and rain. "Without a warrant,

om his trouser pocket and handed it to the bodyguard on his left.

n suspicion of smuggling undeclared cargo, all sailings from this dock are suspended pending customs

soaked page. His weathered shoulders sagged. He

ured. "I'm sorry. Th

e," I said, steady an

toward me, rain running down throu

ilings he looked utterly out of place, yet he seemed

lars," Jadon said, stopping three paces from me. "Four o

" I met his eyes. "My parents left it to me. I

r name, pending a fraud review of that transfer. My lawyers are the complainant. Your deed transfer is flagged at the county reg

"That was my family's inn! You lived there for four years! You slept

don's hand shot out and

was an

and could barely stand, he had rubbed my shoulders with a ten

ving like a child who's been crossed. Out there, on your own, you wouldn't survive. You h

rieked, struggling w

inst the passenger door of the Escalade under a black umbrella. She was

oice sharp and mocking. "You're ruining your

He bent down, his l

l come back to the Garner house with me, put on the dress Bianca picked out for you, smile properly

n let you touch me again," I sai

ened. He glanced

the car,"

amed, beatin

rds closed

r ripped the duffel off my shoulder and

hard in the shin. He grunted and wrenched

ped, but he didn't

r Dr. Hall signed off on," the bodyguard said,

slipped on the wet wooden pier. My knees hit the boards, a

my lower belly. It was not

hat turned everything black and blurred at the edges. I gasped and

tone shifted, al

ithout thinking, his han

car. "She's watched too many soap operas. Get her in the

air. He looked down at me, curled into m

. Hall will meet you there and sign the fitness assessment, and Justice Doughty w

er the gravel. The pain in my belly spread and spread, a heavy, drag

at buttoned wrong, staring straight ahead. They had pulled him ou

e a bag of trash. The heavy door shut with a