the remaining steps

d. She had swung her suitcase up instinctively, the hard plastic

ere, pounding in her chest, but something

er voice shaking but audible

le Grace had never seen. "Married? To

yelled from the top of the stairs.

ellent. Since you're a married woman, your husband c

ned from Grace

ker. "Dr. Evans? This is Richard Kirk. Cancel the private payments f

ed for the phone, but Tyler ca

th hot on her ear. "Just apologize. I ca

's instep with her hee

r father. "I will figure it out. And when I

And don't come crawling back

r into the night. It had started to rain-a cold,

he Maybach still waiting patiently where she'd left it.

her father knew where it was. She was legally sh

rang. Unkn

t, then swiped

alm. Alaric. "Where are you? M

help it. The dam broke. "My fath

ine. "Send me your locatio

ked, wiping her eyes. She remem

"The meeting is

-controlled interior of his of

ress," he ordered. "And get me the administrator on the phone. I am making a donat

cry. "Sir, you want me to arrange a

nutes,

l to the one she was in, rattled up to the curb

d out. He was wearing the same perfect

hair plastered to her skul

e walked over, opened her c

o home,"

e car and into the other. The new car smelled of nothin

e that day, Grace