es of Jonna's shoes as she stepped onto the sidewalk. She had chosen a black dress for the family

door open. Jonna sli

. He didn't look up. He was typing furiously, his thumbs moving wi

" he said, hi

errible," Jonna replied, set

diately wished she hadn't. The air in the cabin was scrubbed clean by the climate

el N

me. It was heavy, f

eyes were cold, the color of slate. "Mother is going

look at him. She looked at the smudge of foundation o

he anchor ones. "Office. P

ig

hind. Jonna's phone vibrated in her clutch. It wasn

open

He's going to

A plastic stick with t

h lurched, the bile rising so fast she tasted copper. The motion of the car

car," sh

on the expressway, Jon

the da

stopped, Jonna threw the door open and scrambled out. She made it

d, her eyes watering. The cold win

there, hands in his pockets, looking down at her with a

eat somet

e stood up, her legs trembling. As the nausea

sickness. The period she

y, relying on the false medical reports she'd been filing to keep the family

y per

d. A flicker of her old 'Fixer' instincts surfaced-this wasn't just a jealous lov

rison sentence. The prenup was clear: any issue of the marriage belonged to

nd absolute, w

e dinner," Flint said, checkin

rayal. She deleted the text message. She took a deep breath, f

bout the mistress's text, and de

ask of porcelain. She hooked her arm through his, digging her nails i