felt... wrong. The staff was on edge, the usual clockwork precision go

on the center of her massive marble desk. The reason cited was

w dare I? She assumed it was a stunt, a desperate plea for attention. She was su

e, to reassert her control. She used her vast resources, but I had vanishe

It was an unknown number. I almost ign

housekeepers. I had always treated her and the rest of the s

s everyth

ered. "But she... she moved him in. Mr. H

ips. Of course she did. "Th

w voice, sharp and cold, cut in.

finally answerin

er?" I said,

ive you money. Whatever you want. A million do

bout money. The only l

other's ring, about lying crushed in

throwing her own words, the ones she' d used to

rage I expected to feel wasn't there.