quiet room. It was cheap plastic, snagging

much space. Eighteen years of life in the Clemons estate

ng so

w that voice. It was the so

t of Vogue. Her Chanel tweed suit was immaculate, a stark

ing her cuticles. "And that he likes to use k

fingers white-knuckling the s

rs?" Kacy pushed off the wall. She

was broken. The lid popped open. Clot

wood. It was black and white-a beautiful

el came d

ac

reaking snapped somethin

" Kacy

nscious decision. It was a r

dening in genuine shock. She hi

Brenda's voice scree

aith, hand raised to strike. Aliv

utler, shouted from the bottom of the stair

lowly, her eyes narrowing into slits. "Saved by

ifted. The air was thick, heavy w

suitcase. She had shoved her oversized black glasses

hem. Three black Cadillac Escalades

e middle car ope

wearing a suit that cost more than this house but f

od, he really is a troll. I don't get it, though. That's the guy who suppo

e of nausea. This

ont passenge

d in a black tactical suit, an earpiece coiled behind his ear, dark

ke a driver. He m

the balding man's hand. "Mr

her gloves. He just grunted. "Let's get this

stairs, trying to ma

she saw it. A gaz

the "husband"

like it was carved from granite. Even through the sunglasses, she

antique sofa, putting his muddy shoes on the coffee table. The

lay barked, snap

ay. Her hands were shaking. The proximi

As she turned, her foot ca

water and fine china pl

out from t

aught the tray inches from the ground wi

ripped her forea

a

straight up her arm, seizing her hear

asped, l

ard's face. Up close, he smell

from the h

ed into the soft skin of her inne

," he wh

, gravelly baritone that had th

reflection in his aviator