Chloe slipped her lipstick into the drawer. "Tonight, I'm heading back to the Meadows family."

"What's going on?" Connor asked, a hint of concern in his voice.

Chloe rarely made a point of going there. She shook her head, "Just some things that need sorting out."

Connor knew exactly what she meant-Lisa. Chloe had long suspected that Lisa, in cahoots with Ricky, had tried to have her killed. Luckily, Linda took the bullet meant for her.

Connor had been digging into it too. He found out that Lisa and Ricky were indeed cozy, with frequent transactions involving hefty sums of money. But none of this was enough to pin Lisa for hiring a hitman.

college, she bullied a classmate so badly that they fell into depression and took their own life. If any of this

life.

wasn't much of a threat beyond her stupidity and cruelty. The real worry was her backer, Claire, who had Anthony in her corner. Even if the past came back to haunt Lisa, it would likely be a drawn-out legal battle, a power struggle between him

She claimed to have a better plan to make

when they arrived, Jacob and Leah were

me twice. I can't decide if I should sell or not.

on edge. "Claire's no friend of ours. She wants to buy into the Meadows family, but everyone knows she's

helping us after marrying rich? Claire's offering top dollar This is the Meadows family's best shot. If we don't sell, the

life into felt like giving up, but if he didn't, those shares would soon be

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