Kid

ster bedroom and walked straight

ina, my mother-in-law, had forced every single piece on me to maintain

rouched down and dragged an old, scuffed black

t-shirts and comfortable maternity clothes I ha

elry box and took out the custom diamond necklaces and earrings Colton had bou

I twisted the heavy diamond we

center among th

ink

tal hitting the glass res

itifully light suitcase and

ed to his mahogany desk and placed the unmarked manila envelope contai

obsidian paperweight and set it

he top of the spiral stair

elier in the grand foyer suddenly snapp

s. He was wearing his silk pajamas, his arms crossed

nce. "Leaving the premises at this hour requires explici

king down at the man who had bullied and undermined

from his pocket. "I am calli

augh. "Cayman Islands.

r his screen. All the blood draine

olton's messes, I saw everything. I kept

my voice eerily calm. "Funneling vendor kickbacks into an o

ly. The phone slipped from his grip a

mmanded. "And call

lly scrambled backward, bowing his head as he press

UV pulled up to the curb out

his hand away. I lifted the suitcase myself, my

ain-streaked window as the glittering, suffocati

*

Farme

unlight pierced the gap in the black

r as a familiar, sharp cramp twisted i

across the mattress, expecting to fee

t, freezing col

fast the room spun. The bed was

I looked at her section. The designer dresses were all there. But the

pped a beat, a cold kno

n take a single