re in the penthouse shifte

g coffee, not bothering to look up from his tablet. "Ava is offici

ering her toast with mechanica

bringing her foster child. The

aused. "

y not to scare him

, the door

na's entire wardrobe. Beside her was a small boy with unru

Baird," Ava cooed, thoug

rched up to her, and kic

bled back, gripping

ound. "Oh, he's just high spiri

elena said throu

breezed past her in

the roast she had spent three hours cooking.

asked, his voice tender in a way Celena had never

tched the way Leo held his

eached up and rubbed his left earlobe with his

bottle in her hand hove

ottle crumbled. Frustrated, he reached up. He rub

motion. The exa

owed down to t

a deep, chocolate brown. The other wa

ily gatherings, but in her desperate need to believe in the perfect life she thought she had, her brain had simply ref

ffair. It wasn't ju

ster child. He

ch meant this affair had been going on for a

eo shouted, slamming

," Celena said, her voice sou

er. "Then go get some. God, Cele

credit card across the mahogany table.

And don't ta

able. Celena saw the shift in fabric. She saw th

the card. It fe

," sh

took the elevator down to the lobby a

on the corner. She walked

. She knew the PIN. It was

hit 'Withdraw'. She took out the d

nothing compared to what she

a pint of generic, freezer-burned

w. They were up there, playing happy family. They

She was the bank. And sh

were on the floor building a tower with block

" Foster

le with a smile that didn't reach h

," she

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