Chapter 58

Now, with him making this simple request, I had no reason to refuse.

Bryant and I were already living separately anyway. A divorce paper was just a formality to make the separation clearer, nothing urgent.

Besides, Timothy’s eightieth birthday was just a month away. It would be here before we

knew it.

Gary walked me out of the study.

“Mr. Ferguson is just looking out for you and the young master, hoping you’d take some more time to think things over,” he said gently.

I was about to respond when my phone buzzed with a call.

An unknown landline number.

“Hello, is this a family member of Christine Jackson?”

“Yes, speaking.”

“We’re calling from the RiverCity Police Department. Could you come down here as soon as possible?”

Panic set in before I could even ask for details, and the line went dead.

I rushed downstairs, only to be confronted by an irate Margaret the moment I stepped out

of the elevator.

the line!”

to slap me, I caught her wrist

situation, Margaret’s drama was the least of

her grip and strode away, my heart in turmoil over what

familiar black Maybach trailing

up to this time?

he really think I’d let Margaret slap me without consequence, and now he was

red light, I dialed his number, asking, “Why

came through the

you flatter

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He wanted

paused, feeling as though she’d slapped me hard

She was

had been deluding

even need to enter to know what Christine had

why

the police station in the

Group earlier, still without a license plate, was now

cop led me

Christine.

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