ce. The heavy glass door clicked shut behind

e locked out the chaotic network enviro

n the floor, she collapsed in

ounter faded rapidly. It left beh

plane crash merged with the absolute heartbreak of Julian's betra

bottom drawer of her desk. She pull

in around her neck, she opened the box. It

years ago. It was penned on thick, cream-colored parchment paper,

ing stared back at her: 'To prot

aloud. Her voice crac

ng rain in Sydney. He had been so desperate

years ago and the cruel, indifferent CEO of toda

opped onto the parchment, slightly b

ret. She mourned the years she w

a ghost. The man living in the penthous

back of her hand. Her expression shifted

lver lighter she kept for lighting scent

r, she brought it to the fire. S

basket beside her desk. She watched the past turn

monitors. She woke them up wi

ment file she had created months ag

: 'Divorce Set

keyboard. She updated the te

demand for sole physical and

hts to spousal support or any share of the Sincl

whirred to life, spitting out t

, tapping them on the desk t

to a thick manila envelope

Her assistant, Nina, called out, ann

pped out not as Mrs. Sinclair, but