dy. I lay at the bottom of the grand staircase, the polished marble cold against my cheek.

My unbo

d down the stairs.

ast me with

rooke, who was slumped against the w

e asked, his voice filled with a panic I hadn

ective shield around her. Then, he turned his head

e. "If I hadn' t lost my memory, there'

t me harder

end her life when we got married. She almost didn' t m

e with a triumphant smirk hidden behind

. "I found this amazing property. It would be perfec

n melting into doting affection. "A

swiftly across the screen. He didn't even

e my family' s historic art studio condemned. The place my parents had poured

ed to the site, trying to stop the demolition crew.

e shock was a physical blow, sucking the air from my lungs. The image of their blood on the rubble

eplaced by a cold,

rns that held my parents' ashes, Jake' s friends were lounging in t

ast before she comes crawling

t me. "It' s just a pity play. She scheme

car waiting for me at th

ing on the rooftop of the skyscraper across the stree

was a broken, p

lly was. And they had no i