t end there. It dragged Carmen's

shb

hospital room was quie

e. He wasn't wearing a suit. He wore a soft cashmere sweater. In

He didn't mention the lawyer. He

and began to peel it with a small silver kni

he apple. "At the charity gala in the Hamptons. You were wearing that blue dress.

apple. His fingers brushed

r down with cruelty, and just when she was ready to leave, he would drow

fore, gave a weak, pathetic flutter. She wa

relax. He leaned in, takin

Evelin is just a kid, she's terrified. If you help me do this... if you let us use your thi

a team effort. He made her feel essential. He made her

knew it was manipulation. But the exhaustion won. She touched her stomach beneath the bla

a slow,

f. He leaned forward and pressed a ki

stantly, replaced by business. "I'll have the team coordinate the dro

f the room with

table. She couldn't hold it in anymore. She had agreed to his insane plan, but he needed to know the t

mber. Her heart hammered agains

ang. And ra

there was

el

man's voice. High-pitched, bre

el

o ice. She couldn't spe

ently. "Forrest left his phone on the ni

hear the sound of running water e

e?" Evelin purred. "Or is it just an

en under her pillow so hard the paper crumpled.

call, the bathroom door o

st's voice echoed.

rling," Evelin c

d you, I don't want to deal with h

ry, Carmen. Forrest is a little tied up ri

ic

in Carmen's ear. It s

ked down at the crumpled ultrasound p

cle. It was a si

ck ink. Then another fell. And another. She didn't scream. She just sat there, l

it. And now, she had absolu