to-ceiling windows of the guest bedroo

o fight off the dull ache of the wine from the night before. He t

The room was perfectly

hirt. As he turned, his eyes caught the empty space on the fa

drawer of her vanity. H

rshirt. She really thinks this will work, he thought. She's throwing a tan

closet and walked into the showe

eigh was smoothing a clean sheet over a lumpy mattress. The

on the cheap pl

It was an alert fr

Transfer: $8,0

ened as she stared at the zeros. A second later, a t

m to a new investor. This is the advance. You use it firs

a mechanic who ran a struggling racing team. He must have emptied his entire life sa

den, you keep this! You nee

Lily's medical bills would be astronomic

g in a custom leather chair on the top floor of the Nexus Retail Hol

phone down, it rang. The cal

She answered the call, hol

speaker. "You were supposed to be at the Long Island estate two hours

didn't sa

the background. "You are so useless. Erlinda was here at 7 AM helping with the floral

er her chest. The fear she used to feel a

l them to do it," Calleigh said, her voice dropp

e? Have you lost your damn mind?

," Calleigh cut her off. "I

on, and immediately blocked the number. She tossed the phone onto