When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

"Hypnotize? A snap of the fingers, and you cry when told to cry, laugh when told to laugh?"

"Melanie, have you caught whatever bug Clyde's got? Lost your marbles?"

Warren looked at me as though I had two heads, and I just rolled my eyes and pulled out my phone.

"Look, this is Rachel, her outfit and all, pretty much a carbon copy of my old style."

"And the stuff she's buying, it's all right up my alley."

"You think she's trying to mimic you, to convince Clyde she's you?"

Warren pondered for a moment, his gaze shifting between me and the phone screen.

I nodded vigorously.

So, if Clyde's noggin wasn't scrambled, maybe, just maybe, it was some sort of mind trick?

I know it sounds far-fetched, but isn't it said that art imitates life, and sometimes transcends it?

He gave me a look that screamed 'I can't even' before glancing back at the phone.

"Did Rachel study psychology?"

I shook my head.

"Does she know Clyde was gonna get hit by that frisbee?"

shook my head

magician's

rolled my eyes

I'll look into

seeing the pile of files

the eye of a storm. Online, Clyde was being lambasted left

Patterson ditched our darling Suzie for some flash-in-the-pan starlet, and

their anniversary, right? I remember

tiger doesn't eat its cubs, but this guy? Disowns his kid, even blamed for his death.

CEO like that, can the Patterson Group's buildings be anything

there was a lot

But this

line,

his misuse of poveree

a fling. FindNovel.net

check; I knew the Patterson Group's

for

vel.net

hit and departments all

Patterson Group's PR was scrambling to control the narrative, but to

time, Merritt's response was lukewarm at best,

got home from the hospital, I received a call

come back for the board meeting

where board members were ripping into Clyde. The drop in stock prices