e had spent the day in a haze of macroeconomics and business

TV was on, a mindless Netflix reality show playing at a low volume. She w

e kitchen, made himself a sandwich, and th

y sound was the chirpy voic

y Netflix account," B

a piece of kale with her fork. "I f

u're halfway through Bridgerton. You always

e tired. "I like the ones where the guy a

wn. "Kiera, talk to me. Really talk to me. Ho

ffee table. She pulled her knees up to

she said, her voi

heart stop. "Wh

r the concerto. I picked up my bow. And my hands would

ds now, as if they we

ought I was having a breakdown. I lost my sp

d reaching out instinctively. "Ki

You weren't there when I was sitting in my dorm room for three weeks, waiting for

inally bursting out. "They took my phone. They froze my accounts. My father had a

saw a flicker of the old Kiera-the one

pression har

r father still having a heart attack while y

staged photo op to keep the stock price from plummeting. He couldn't tell her that Gloria was the daug

ed," Brendon said

ur family's reputation over me. You chose your money over t

oom, her footsteps echo

rendon. And you aren't that b

and this time, he h