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.

crossed the line!”

I caught her wrist in

was the least of

and strode away, my heart in turmoil over what could have

that familiar black Maybach trailing my car, adding to my

up to this time?

think I’d let Margaret slap me without consequence, and

dialed his number, asking, “Why are you following

woman’s scoff came through the

flatter

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is just worried about me. He wanted

as though she’d slapped me hard

was correct.

I had been deluding myself for

I didn’t even need to enter

why

police station in the dead of night.

Ferguson Group earlier, still without a license

led me to

Christine.

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