a three years ago, she

she'd finished colleg

ad no idea where she'd been li

me housewife, had ze

the divorce, just walked out of the

posed to fend f

he going t

h several scenar

py of the surveillance footage for the last hour, covering this floor and t

, bo

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pulled into the circular driveway in front

dred years old, stood silently like sentries, g

held open the

and flowering shrubs on both sides, jogged

her a bolstering p

living room, done up in beig

ws let in plenty

pretending to read, slowly got to his feet, faced his

ecided to end your re

into her father's arm

ked her back in the s

finish my speech. I had

ars. 'You can still give me

daughter's face, shook his head. '

hed across

d at Darya,

inking ab

ces to monitor Darya's situation, disc

in the Cavanaugh household, the more he grew to des

d have taught a lesson to that unf

iate amount of time, just to make sure she had truly gotten

long with every other Cavanau

y to get a job

orry,

e'd put her father through, running away from h

u've learned

hav

ith that Ca

l d

while. 'Plenty more f

ed. 'I kno

I've booked a private room at Lutter

alised his eldest son was also in the r

ch, as the boss, I'm entitled to. I would

nk it's time to head back to the office? The

o come work at the company. We c

at's a pleasa

s had been pushing for Darya to take a m

at the negotiating table, but still needed s

ngest daughter to eventually ta

d. 'I'm rea

rs in a foolish pursuit

thoroughly broken, it was tim

your old room.' Matthias took her by the hand, steered her towards th

Uncle

of the long-s

steel trap, he was more a membe

roceries. He knows how much yo

ed bed, inhaled the lavender scent of the freshly laundered sheets, then hu

never mis

from the doorway. 'I'll come and get yo

Thanks,

for Darya's eyes to close before

iting for hi

'Now, tell me what you found about the Cavanaughs.

let, scanned it to refresh his memory. 'We c