eek black Maybach pulled up to the curb

rand lobby, his posture rigid and authoritative, flanked

he penthouse. Cornelius pushed the front doo

ed coffee. The apartment was dead

grace of a woman who owned the place, and ge

, and sprinted straight for the living room to turn on the

e sudden blast of video game noise and walked str

en and glanced at the massive

othed out. There wasn't a s

the massive walk-in closet and slid

ightly bare. A small fraction of her mo

s was just another pathetic, jealous tantrum. A desperate

nd walked over to his nightstand

hed wood surface, he froze. His ga

bot model that always sat on the

her seven years ago. She had treated the worthl

red she take something he had discarded, treating it as her own property? It was a blatan

the intercom button, calling

. She reported that Mrs. Lambert had left late

"Cancel every single supplementary credit card under

lently yanked his silk tie loose

, Cassidy slowly opened her

blinds, casting harsh lines across her fac

n suitcase on the floor an

she pulled out the s

den workbench and set it down. She stood

s. It was the physical anchor of her entire delusional marri

ed her fingertips agains

stomach viole

She gripped the porcelain edges until her knuckles turned whi

d hot, stinging tears to

o her face, and stared at her dripping reflection in

awer, pulled out a steel screwdriver, and pointed

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