With her improving dramatics chops, he could imagine how much effort she must have devoted towards honing her craft around Claudia.

As Tanya watched him depart, the anguish on her face faded to nothing. Tobias was an astute one. Therefore, she was beginning to rue her decision, as now, she had to fret about where she might be able to find herself a baby.

The receptionist informed Tobias that Skylar had already checked out. His cellphone and watch were returned to him in a zipper bag. Anyone else who came across this might have taken it for a bequeathment if they did not know better.

When he got back to the villa, the wardrobe doors were wide open. Every compartment he checked turned up empty.

His lips twitched as he stuck a hand in his pocket. “Scurried off like a mouse, she did.”

May fortune favor the good.

 

fingers. The man was no good person, and he was not ready for their

girls her age, but to him, she was a

 

maturity and adolescence. A blank canvas such as Skylar deserved an artist like him. It would be a pity should she end

man was confident that she would come back to him, even though she was a bit of a handful. He liked

was just as well that she was so thorough, since bombarding someone over the phone was not

to locate her, as it was not a big city. With the means she had at her disposal, the little sparrow would not be

by himself, he was a little morose. His thoughts came to Sheldon,

his older brother when the latter came calling. The lad reeked of

decadent appearance of his made Tobias want to send the rascal’s soul down to be reforged in the fires of the

get him to sober up, he took Sheldon to the tea room. Unlike his older brother, who had a flair for the refined, Sheldon was never comfortable in this cultivated setting no matter how many times they had visited it together. He much preferred the candor of an

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