he air pressure inside the car was suffocatingly low. Ellsworth g

t she forced herself to move. She pulled her phone from her pocket, synce

Suddenly, Camila's sharp, whin

. "It's exhausting. But his guilt is useful. Make sure you leak the story about his competito

slammed on

. The heavy sedan fishtailed, throwing them both forward again

ouncing on the dashboard screen. The murderous rage in his e

recious savior," she said, her voice dripping with veno

across the console, grabbing her pho

ploaded to a secure cloud server. It's scheduled to mass-

, his hand hove

er to his paralyzed face, "the Wall Street Journal will have the

war between his urge to kill her and the reality of the threat. Finally, he pulled back and punched th

er to the hotel. He drove straight to the hea

and locked her inside, leaving to make c

the recording only bought her a temporary

doors sudden

ce pale. She had clearly been tipped off by the st

ached out, trying to grab Felicity's hands. "Feli

h disgust. She held up her phone, playin

slits. "Even if you have that," Camila hissed, dropping the sweet voice, "

her hand and slapped Camila across the f

hoed loudly in the

clutching her rapidly reddening cheek, her eyes wide

echoed in

urled into a ball, sobbing hysterically, her hand clu

or, weeping, and Felicity standing over her. His brow furrow

in his chest. "She forged a recording to frame

al, filled with heavy disappointment. "Why do you in

tection. The last ember of pain in her heart bu

tapped the screen of her phone, play

"Just make sure the medical report says my heart condition is worse

lor drained completely from her face. S

adulterated fury. The foundation of the last eight years had cracked beneath his feet. He looked at Felicity, not with guilt, but with the raw, vol

e agreements voided. Now. And I want my mother's s

or the phone. "

ice shaking the windows. Camila coll

al, anger, and a sudden, terrifying realization of what he had

, the fax machine in

t even glance at Camila, who was still crying on the floor. She turned her back on