s. Now, I am just a cold m

the weeds choke my garden at o

in three years, a car ca

V, sleek and expe

r in a tailored suit. He was a venture capitalist no

uits, his security

ergrown yard, his fac

this place

it to one

y. Never had any dri

a shard of ice in my

wing. They were here to find me. Not becaus

orce me to give

ng out of spite. He doesn't know Chloe pu

signaled to his men. One of them

everything. My sheet music was scat

ugh the rooms, h

u' re here! Stop t

was sile

ber. Of course, it was disconnected. He cu

red his men. "Search

hot, ugly thing. He didn't see the ma

rc

, a little cash. He was a good man, just broken by things he' d se

makeshift tent and the s

een a woman here?

. His eyes were red, but they we

drink, then low

' s g

e? Did she pay you to hid

him, his face a mask

s dead,

t be ridiculous. She' s dramatic, not dead. This

r toward a small mound of earth a few feet from hi

. I keep the

rage. He saw the cross as

over to

s. It snapped at the base

nhallowed grave, and he shouted into t

you three days! Thr

will never see Leo

ck to his car, leaving his me

our son. Ou

d not scream. I could not stop him. I could only feel the