alked around the back of the limo and ope

t open El

d hit her bare legs instantly. She shivered, clutching the bla

ghts of the lobby. He pointed a manicur

doors of a Campbell event," Leland said,

followed him in

physical blow. The air was thick with the s

red at the pale, skinny girl in the faded blue dress trailing behind t

her eyes o

evator. They stepped inside. The doors rattled shut,

o a narrow, unlit corridor. It was a hidden

of the corridor was a

d in a riot of color and light. Crystal chandeliers cast a warm,

nter of the ro

in thousands of tiny Swarovski crystals that caught the light with h

e stood so close she could feel

land whispered ha

rfectly still. She wa

blinding white spotlight snapped on, illuminati

b Th

also the boy who had kissed Ella in the rain four years

om his pocket. The diamond inside was the size of a

asped. Ashlyn covered her mouth with bot

lly think Caleb would wait for a psycho? He n

he screaming, the jealous rage that Dr. Finch had docum

slip the ring ont

t absolutely nothing but a cold, heavy sense of absurdit

slowly. She looked L

e?" Ella asked. Her tone was as casua

immediately by a surge of furious red creeping up his neck. He ha

o the darkness. "There's a staff restroom. Put that ugly dress