Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Summer City was near to Zion City, only a two-hour drive.

A convoy of luxury cars sped through the night, with one man sitting in one of them and making call after call. His grim profile reflected against the window made Ray, sitting in the passenger seat, too nervous to even breathe too loudly.

The Lee family were the big fish in Summer City, looking to expand their territory up north, but that was Remington territory. If the Lees wanted a piece of the pie, they needed Remington's say-so. They weren't exactly playing by the book, and Remington had already turned them down once. But now, Ray heard that Remington was back in touch with the Lees.

Remington was willing to make concessions, willing to turn Summer City upside down if it meant finding his wife.

After wrapping up a few urgent calls, Remington turned to Ray.

"Was Yolanda at the West family dinner?"

"Yeah, Mr. Sterling brought her along."

Remington's voice was cold, "Send some of our best to keep an eye on her!"

her eventually. Given that Lizetta was pregnant with Daisy, and Yolanda was like a sister

needed to watch her

think Mrs. Dashiell plotted

missing for now; nothing was certain yet. Was it possible she'd been kidnapped? But Remington's

days. Her unexpected gentleness, how she cherished the flowers he gave her yesterday, and that tender hug

wedding, that his efforts

along, to escape

felt like a

slow, excruciating pain that drove

"Huh, is staying by

alone, than remain "Mrs. Dashiell"? Remington's laugh was bitter, the sound chill to the bone, sending shivers down the

really grown up, thinking she could just disappear from his world like

allow her to leave. Once

how to handle herself, and she's got a temper. If she gets hurt, Mrs. Dashiell might

seeing that Remington had dismissed the possibility of