pulled it out, glancing at the screen. "

the study door. The screen door banged shut behind

Come inside, Angie. Let's sit in the parlo

old books and fresh flowers. Cordella poured her a

la said, reaching across the table to squeeze her

orm in her throat. She

ella listened intently, but her eyes were sharp, missing nothing. Eve

ised when Dalton moved back into the main house,"

lips. "Oh? I thought he loved his apartm

sterile. Cold. Like an operating room. I begged him for y

Angelena's. "But then, exactly one week after you sent the email confirmin

ne week. The timing was a s

continued, a knowing smile playing on her lips. "Can you believe

p to hide the smile that was threatening to spli

e back because she was coming back. He had positioned himself h

intense it made her eyes sting. She bl

sunderstood. "Oh, honey, I didn't mean to u

and fierce. "No, Cordella. You didn't upset me." She to

tbroken girl who had fled to Europe was gone. In her place sat a woma

sudden, startling suspicion, a

ing his phone into his pocket. He stopped sh

he warmth was still there, but it was layered with something e

and that bothered him. He was used to reading people; it was his j

sked, his vo

id, her voice light. "

e he had just missed a very