en's

n gone for

fice while Victoria

a said. "She's probably staying with

n't have

s of marriage, I'd never met any friends of Elena's. No

er wondered where her family wa

ked the quiet, that she preferred small circles and soft spaces. But ma

little hum. "Y

I said to

here can she go? She'll eventually ru

dit cards taken, no money withdrawn from our joint account, not that there was muc

ished into thin air.

d her phone?"

onnec

dramatic. Give her an

"You make it sound like she'

"Well maybe she ne

ek. I coul

mother just wouldn'

in agreement, mouth full of expensive steak. "Running away like a cowa

a divorce," I

ed her hand on the table. "She probably already found some oth

I th

ft hums always filled the house. Now, there was no one asking about my day, no quiet presence in the bac

ized how much she di

s. In fact, I have news. Sterling Global is looking fo

ight. "They're massive. We're no

"I have connections. But you need to focus, Damien. This could m

e world. If I could land a partnership with them... El

one, and I had no

iring a private invest

nd my

mething, Damien? What if she's gathering eviden

I asked bitterly.

ou'd be surprised at

had was a mid-level executive salary, a decent a

did that, didn't they? Disappe

e," I

t and efficient." Victoria pulled

-

left, the private invest

have to be honest.

mean you ca

card usage, no phone activity, no travel reco

," I said. "She does

t change. "Then she's a lo

t just disappear not unless they had h

. No family, no money

king," I

eone disappears completely, they either had help from

wh

elp because they had r

s impo

Then I don't know what to te

ing at my phone. At my empty message th

more it bothered me. Elena wasn't

Was she okay?

suddenly c

e was even here. "Good news. I got us a m

t mo

are yet, just that they go by E. Sterling

ed. My voice didn't so

attered. So why couldn't I stop thinking abo

way she'd looked at those divorce

u wanted," I mut

it? Was