The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

According to the security footage, Ms. Cameron and Ms. Murphy... they were

most likely taken out with the garbage truck."

Foreman's face drained of color, little by little.

He'd been too confident.

He'd thought the hospital was firmly under his control, that it was safe. But Leonard-Leonard had managed to come up with such a despicable, underhanded trick!

Forcing himself to stay calm, Foreman asked, "Have you sent people to look for them?"

His assistant replied softly, "We already have a team on their trail."

But the situation... didn't look promising.

If the other side could pull off something like this-spiriting people away right under their noses-they were bound to be excellent at covering their tracks.

Foreman struggled to his feet. "Bring the car around. I'm coming with you."

The assistant glanced at Foreman's pale face and spoke gently. "Mr. Richards, you need to rest and recover. If your wound gets worse and you pass out, it'll only make it harder for us to rescue Ms. Cameron."

He hesitated, then added, "Should we contact Mr. O'Brien? If Benson finds out Ms. Cameron is missing, he'll definitely send backup."

"No. Absolutely not. They

now, because he'd failed to keep her safe, she'd disappeared. Sandford was his territory. If he had to beg Haynes for help, how pathetic and useless would that make him

closed his eyes and drew a

search. Star's only been missing for a short time-they can't have gotten far. And make sure everyone understands: this

I'll take care

watched his assistant hurry off, Foreman felt a stab of regret for the first time. He shouldn't have risked so much

Aetheria, the Gardner estate.

thought their patriarch had met another untimely

return had barely managed to put

causing him no small amount of trouble. If he hadn't vanished for those months, if they hadn't gotten so desperate

a way, it was a blessing in disguise. Now that

least, not

chair, eyes closed, mentally

was still a bit of

wanted to pick out some

the others

as

violin music

one of Stella's

her violin recordings to help him sleep.