t they had done to my ho

habit I' d picked up in the six months si

hloe' s

it, but the backgro

our liv

ving

was all

gned, the serene white walls that caug

old-flocked wallpapers and a

ng where Mark and I had instal

, laughing, holding red plastic cup

use, looked like

very line and angle a piece of a

was scr

to, a champagne flute in her hand,

vi

business

and' s

ssessive look on his face

n our new home! Out with the old, i

od ran

new

on Chloe

pic

unctional kitchen, was now p

eon sign on the wall above the s

e hydrangeas, they had installed a hot tub, and th

d desec

ary, our legacy, and tur

so fast it lef

l thing, a hot s

but my mind was sudde

id' s numbe

ait for hi

ave you

then David' s slick

t do I owe t

the hell are you and Ch

e in the background, a s

e," she called out, her voic

chuc

of a man who th

arrangements before he passed. The house is mine

eg

choked on

home, our home, over to you? The home

n they know the end is near,"

d Chloe... well, Chloe is a great asset. We' re tak

ke of Mark as a mere business transactio

t just

picking over the

ce shaking with a fury I hadn' t

" David said, his arrog

rt woman, Ava. You should know when you' v

hun

one, the silence s

a h

t just

s my

st piece of M

y had t

crat

y were

flipped i

ld for six months burned away, r

ught I w

grieving widow they c

ea who they we

illiant a

metic

y design, the stress po

designed t

lawyer, a man who had worked

said when

y and David Sterling. Immediately. And I want you to file an injunction to bar him from selling or altering the property on

was a

are yo

ything in my life," I said, my voi

war, Robert. I' m