f her life. She pulled out her phone, her fingers fumbling awkwardly in the cold

he doesn't have Aiden

ew husband's grandmother to ask where she should live? It was

feeling lost and helpless, her phone lit

residence in Brooklyn tonight. The address is below. A car will arri

de her. At least she wouldn't have to spend the night on the streets.

den Downs gazed at the city below. The view before him was a tapestry woven from shimmering lights, a kin

marble countertop. He glan

e, his voice brief a

nt of triumphant excitement. "She just lef

ch whisky. "She's quick," he said

ejudiced. Mr. Petrov's interp

ses crystal balls to swindle people? I can't believe you'd base yo

you and the board from bothering me. Your endless socialite parades are tiresome, and the ol

y frustration. "Even so, the girl needs a p

anged," Aiden

he car lights flowing like a river across the bridge toward

one immediately turned sus

oldness within him. "I mean, I'm not a fool, Grandmother. A woman who agrees to mar

in Brooklyn. By our standards, it's a run-down place. One bedroom is locked and used as a storage room; there's only a be

ret gasped. "You can't do this

retorted, his voice low and dangerous. "I'm j

yn wasn't that kind of person and that

d to her, I'm filing for divorce tomorrow. We can have a serious talk with the board about how a two-day ma

public scandal were Margaret

riment. The prenuptial agreement had an exit clause. If she p

to his terms, her voice we

is administrative assistant, Liam Hayes. When Liam arrived, impec

m, the spares for the apartment are always stored there, t

. Downs. That apartment has been 'occupied' for a long time and doesn't require any extra furnishin

riefly. "I'll arriv

an who had everything yet trusted no one. He had seen too much greed in people's eyes, t

t up with a text message. It was fr

d a brief instruction: a black sedan would arriv

A black sedan was silently gl

eath, opened the c