g room while Genevra walked slowly down the carpeted west corridor of the

augh drifted through the crack of the unlatched d

ood in the shadow beside the do

ather chair, holding a folder with bright red fingernails

ing a share of the trus

of red wine, her

'll have her committed to a closed psychiatric sanatorium i

an eyebrow. "We can't let a lunatic be t

r the first month, we'll initiate adoption transfer proceedings. Aryanna will move

d her hands

ck her out the moment she's done, and Arya

the porcelain saucer. Even before the car crash, this family had written her script

she stepped back into the shadows, poured the cooling tea into a large p

case, the study door swung open. Br

or. Bryce frowned slightly, looking

oing standing i

me, indifferent face, a faint t

t want to ask you

hand into his trouser pocke

pe

ive birth to this child, or if the child no longer exists, wou

ened, the air around hi

s again. Your only job is to make sure the chil

nevra took a step forward, her voice

piercing emergency ringtone blasted f

screen, showing shaky footage of an underground parki

e blocking my car in my apart

sparing his wife half a second's glance,

lower back slamming hard against the heavy brass banis

ay inside, I'm coming right now"-he gripped his car keys and rushed out the front doors of the

eads out of the study. Seeing Genevra leaning pale-f

even compare to a single strand of Aryanna's hair

r spine slowly, and smoothed her wrinkled hem

d-floor bedroom, locking the door behind her. Pulling out her ph

department over. Tomorrow morning at nine, I want a full