de, a hushed, urgent con

ht sni

he's fragile..." Chloe was sayin

to hear. "Fragile? Or just attenti

the depth of my despair after he left. Chloe

acted by a phone call, Chloe turned back to me, h

you should know," she said, her

ced m

ly came back to Chica

"A year? He was

plan the wedding properly, get his finances in order here before we ma

air. And he never once reached out. He was planning his wedding to my be

The final,

e, any microscopic doubt about his

rprisingly calm. A strange,

at party..."

a smile. "I'll be the

ittle smug, as if she'd success

y l

he door clos

nger brother, E

e steady. "That friend you mentioned?

but pleased. "Dr. Chen

n," I said. "Next we

he could ask to

suitcase, ess

e filled with Micha

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took out

ked Mi

cked

iend, every contact that

urned my

nce was