e stood up from the piano bench. She gathered her scat

rbone. The skin was bare. For years,

final piece of the past. The da

hop near the Northwood campus. A

stood perfectly still. She stared at H

under his eyes. But his jaw was

hid behind a brick wall. She wore an over

ced that he refused to accept his family's plans

lready called her lawyers. The financial tie

of tears infuriated him. He felt

oose. He reached into his shirt pocket. He pulled out

im when they were ten years old to hol

e dangled the glowing blue stone dir

It was a vicious, ugly smile.

teeth. He told her this was exactly wh

fingers. The s

t slipped through the gap. A second later, a hollo

He waited for her to fall apart. Then he turned aroun

d them leave. Her face did not chang

Clemons family. She typed a quick message to her family's executive assistant, detailing the exact street coordinates and the nature of the lost item. She authorized a five-thousand-dollar emergency dispatch

he climbed out. He handed her the sap

pocket. She took the necklace. She used a medical-g

e inside a steel safety deposit box at C

oved her sheet music into her

well thought he destroyed her pride,

ce room door open. She needed to go to the Student Health

he stayed close to the brick walls, wal

rner near the Art

raping sound echoed from the