static. The ringing of his phone was a s

her voice like a serpent's hiss. "Let

swiped to answer the call and

rew? Where are you? I'm so worried. I'm still in the dressing room at t

too scared to go anywhere..." The helpless, dependent tone

be a mistake. The photos were photoshopped. Chloe had faked them.

eyes pleading for it to be a lie. "These are

ve of profound sadness washed over her. She just shook h

rtunity. "Fake? What's fake? Andrew, did Chloe tell you something?

gain. He wanted to believe his sister was the villa

coming to you," he said, endi

nged forward, blocking t

's patience was gone. He re

hed, the loss of balance-it was the last sensation she'd had in her previous life. The terror of the fall, t

er throat, and she c

her body shaking uncontrollably. Tears streamed fro

reakdown. He had never, in his entire life, se

led out, hysterical and fragmented. "And then the company was gone... Da

ey were a memory, a lived he

She took everything from you, and then she had someo

act. A nightmare? How could a nightmare be so real? He looked from his sobbing sister on the floor to the i

touch her again. He was beginning to realize that something

e rang again. It wa

confirmation from a friend who works security at the Chateau Marmont... Miss Ash

g the dam of Andrew's denial. The photos were

t up his screen.

are you? I'm

asual, was grotesquely co

word about going to find Sloane. He just stared a

worked. She slowly quieted her sobs and looked up at him,

e you still...

e was its own answer. But the st