came home with a small

g so brave," he said, his smi

cklace, "The North Star" pendant

my mind racing. I had

morning, the

anked by several

. As your live-in private physician. He's so worried about your 'fr

th Star necklace, hers sparkling

breezing past me as if she owned the place. "It has the

n, feigning surpr

but Chloe is the best. She saved your

the day, even as Chloe systematically

loset to a guest room. My personal item

en coolly polite, now openly fawned ov

ths were karma." "Mr. Henderson d

tion was

milk, a constant, agonizing remind

ld compress to my

r bedroom, "Oh Ethan, she looks at me with such

n succumbing. The sounds of their intima

of warm milk, a nightly ritual h

sleep, my lov

rink it, then poured it d

had already sta

the milk to a private lab, using some of th

nd a drug known to cause cardiac irregularities with long-te

ly poisoning me, ensuring I could never ca

riage, the fake license. I had

in a beautiful,