nna

t of the damask quilt, a familiar press

Family's legitimate fronts, but there

ut through the morning stil

my bedr

in from the private elevator,

, tactical morning run fo

join him tw

s too slow-a se

a on those same morning run

smiling, her skin glea

e complains playfully, her

e sm

ens his hard features, an expression I had

you tomorrow," he tells her, his tone po

ooks up an

instantl

ed, reassembling itself into the c

eout bag from a l

breakfast

look inside the bag

smel

ed lobster congee and shrim

y allergic

a severe reaction and e

swore on his life he wou

food back from his morning

remember my aller

the metallic taste of bile, keeping

iately steps

ll, delicate han

s a portrait of pleading innocence. "I forced Dante to buy it

y, accepting her d

ier fetch you somet

me and starts unpacki

not ap

toward the ma

body wash are in the usual spot,

athing for

s before his morning espresso was cur

ranger trespassi

into my room, closing the do

simple dress a

, Dante is setting t

oing?" he asks w

business

mmediately, his disint

for Serena as she com

nto the New York air, a damp c

ffiliated bridal boutique, then commanded them to remain with

hes over to me as

cting the Don to walk thr

ix fittings

surrounded by

showed up to

rvously. "We have the two custom gow

cancel the o

ard, the plastic clattering lo

es at me

?" she

lease process th

ensing the finality was an

he receipt wit

er eyes meeting mine. "I hope you

e dizziness made me reach fo

seconds to see what took

ck onto the street, I noticed for the first tim

hile using my clearance as the future Donna to issue a classified directive, redir

setting, drawing long, skeletal

one r

Family Matriarch

oom for argument. "Get to the Estate for dinner right