la was a sea of familiar

e, a picture o

ying comments about her "estr

honor," his voice loud enough for me to hear, clearly ex

idn

, coolly

rimary gossipers, the ones clucking their tongues over C

ping to benefit from my connection to the Sterlin

her drama clearly wa

hloe approached me, h

d out h

ratch, barely br

rs welling in her eyes. "She's so j

at the

elf-inflict

loe had spun about Olivia,

, her score still a flat 0, I fe

e being m

d, and I was no longer

ring no comfort, no o

ction seemed to unsettle he

day, I ma

rtment, ostensibly

e she coul

egarding Chloe and the Sterlings... I won't be using our family's name or influence to

n a hospital board with Mr. St

han. Wise

ung

frozen, he

cations w

ived access to my famil

ned t

g care," I said, my voice devoid of emotion. "And I've given notice on the lease

ck was

ted life was crumbling, and I was the on