blood, and my unblinking stare, and it seemed to push her over the edge. Her chest heaved, and fo
she hissed. She looked at the bodyguard
her. Chloe' s fingers flew across the screen, her expression twisting into a victo
cious little wife finds out what a pathetic
e first crack in the foundation of our marriage, a crack that eventually split it wide ope
voice muffled as the second bodyg
ling the ruined apartment with the sound of it ringing. My heart pounded with
warm. It was the sound of home, a
" Chloe asked, her voice dr
is she. Who'
ocked on mine, enjoying my silent, helpless rage. "I' m so sorry to bother you
as laced with concern. "What
st my lips. I fought against it, trying to screa
ousin, has gone missing. We have reason to believe Ethan is hiding him. On top of that... and I truly hate to be the one to te
was audible. "No, that can' t
friendly pretense entirely. "Did you really think you knew him? A man like Ethan, from a family like his... di
systematically trying to destroy Sarah' s perception of me, of our life
ring the final, venomous blow. "He' s been with other wo
tanding in the quiet stacks of the library, the world falling out from under her. I cou
e, her voice was barely
und. "He can' t come to the phone r
hung
on her face. The bodyguard finally removed his hand from my mouth. I gasped
low and shaking with controlled anger. "What you just did
the best lawyers in the country. Y
and I had a memory of the future. She thought she was winning