real estate empire and his family's Wall Street dynasty. We were never in

fresh out of high school, she was ready to take o

orld while ignoring his own daughter. Annabel, furious and hurt, demanded the trip as a consolation. Andrew, eve

lizing a deal, when the news

rashes in Rockies. Pas

link, my hand shaking. The scree

el Bl

, "Andrew Blakely, originally schedul

dropped from my hand, leaving a

fingers fumbling as I d

ang, then wen

again. He

in. He

oice thick with annoyance, the clinking of

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whisper. "The plane... Annabel wa

n. "For God's sake, Elyse, can you stop being so dramatic? I'm a

ere was a crash. Annabel

ust to get my attention because I'm spending

e voice. "Is that Elyse, darling? Tell her we're

y to hide her voi

r," he snapped. "St

ne wen

room pressing down on me. The news alert was still on

ruel. He and Gabrielle, celebrating

chest. It didn't make me cry. It mad

acts until I found the nam

n Sc

ame as I remembered from our days at Columbia,

clear and sharp, devoid of

ade years ago after his family's tech company was nearly destroyed by a hostile take

n the Blakely emp

o questions asked. "Whateve

s gone. And I would make sure the people responsibl