d into the dining room and wrapped his arms around Kasie in a stiff, perfunctory hug.

his voice a little too loud, a littl

ile a perfect, fragile mask. It was Janiyah's s

piling food onto her plate, asking about her day with a focus he hadn't shown in years. Kasie knew

to placate the little woman

und," he said, carefully cutting his steak. "I'd really lik

It was part of the deal.

a few paces ahead, his phone buzzing in his pocket. He glanced at the s

dy turning away. "I'll be right back." He walked

e point, she could see his reflection perfectly in the polished surface of a concrete support pillar.

ust w

ough the garage. A cherry-red Porsche 911 pulled up beside Harris. Ja

and they kissed, a long, hungry kiss u

ht?" Janiyah's voice was a petulant w

urmured, his hands tangled in her ha

sion. She forced herself to breathe, to burn the image into her memory. Sh

od," he told Janiyah. "You go

htened his tie, smoothed his hair, and walked back toward Kasie,

ed, Kasie lowe

" she asked, her voi

. "Just a minor i

e lie sitting so comfort

feeling strange and foreign on

a frown. "What are you talking ab

g tone of a man explaining reason to a hysterical child. "You're bein

g. His fav

voice. She simply repeated, "I don't wa

s digging into her skin. "I'm not divorcing you," he s

grip like a manacle. The pain wa

he gala was si

their massive walk-in closet. She began pulling things from the shelves. The Cartier b

on the bed, a glitterin

ure messaging app and sent the photos to a discreet cont

sage wa

don't care about the pri